Arenaria ciliata, the fringed sandwort, is a perennial herb of the family Caryophyllaceae. It is a calcicole occurring in open grassland and on bare rock in mountainous areas.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Fringed Sandwort being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Arenaria biflora
- Facchinia rupestris
- Pseudocherleria imbricata
- Minuartia recurva
- Arenaria pseudofrigida
- Arenaria grandiflora
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Arenaria
- Species
- Arenaria ciliata
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