Spreading sandwort (Arenaria lanuginosa)

Spreading sandwort, a reference photo — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

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.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Spreading 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

Stellaria alsine

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Arenaria
Species: Arenaria lanuginosa

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