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spreading sandwort
Arenaria lanuginosa
Arenaria lanuginosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. Its common name is spreading sandwort. It is an annual or subshrub native to the subtropical and tropical Americas.
From the article Arenaria lanuginosa on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Arenaria lanuginosa has thin stems that spread low to the ground. Grown on the stems are thin linear leaves and small white five-petaled flowers that show green sepals between each petal. Stamens and carpel are pale green and white.
Range & habitat
It is native to the southwestern, south-central, and southeastern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, Andean South America, northern Argentina, and southern and southeastern Brazil.
Wikipedia: “Range”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 75551.