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Arenaria lanuginosa

Botanic Family

Caryophyllaceae

Author

(Michaux) Rohrbach

Common Names

• Spreading Sandwort

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• S. Mexico
• Panama
• Alabama
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Florida
• Georgia
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• New Mexico
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Virginia - USA

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• forest
• riverside
• banks
• montane areas

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Procumbent or sometimes scandent puberulent perennial or annual with pilose stems. Puberulent leaves to 35mm x 8mm. Axillary flowers, hispid sepals 5mm long, white petals to 9mm long. 3-valved capsule to 6mm long.

Weedy

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOG
• USDA