View source for Moehringia lateriflora

{{taxobox
|image = Moehringia lateriflora 8809.JPG
|regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
|unranked_ordo = [[Core eudicots]]
|ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
|familia = [[Caryophyllaceae]]
|genus = ''[[Moehringia]]''
|species = '''''M. lateriflora'''''
|binomial = ''Moehringia lateriflora''
|binomial_authority = (L.) Fenzl
|synonyms=*''Alsinanthus lateriflorus'' <small>(L.) Desv.</small>
*''Alsine lateriflora'' <small>(L.) Crantz</small>
*''Arenaria buxifolia'' <small>Poir.</small>
*''Arenaria haenkeana'' <small>Bartl.</small>
*''Arenaria lateriflora'' <small>L.</small>
*''Arenaria lateriflora'' var. ''angustifolia'' <small>H. St. John</small>
*''Arenaria lateriflora'' var. ''taylorae'' <small>H. St. John</small>
*''Arenaria lateriflora'' var. ''tenuicaulis'' <small>Blankinship</small>
*''Arenaria pensylvanica'' <small>Muhl.</small>
*''Moehringia lateriflora'' var. ''angustifolia'' <small>Regel</small>
|synonyms_ref=<ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2369278 The Plant List]</ref><ref name="rrrrrrrrrssssssss"/>
|}}
'''''Moehringia lateriflora''''' ('''bluntleaf sandwort''')<ref>{{cite web|title=Plants Profile for Moehringia lateriflora (bluntleaf sandwort)|url=http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=mola6|website=Natural Resources Conservation Service|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture|accessdate=13 April 2015}}</ref> is a plant species native to [[Europe]], [[Asia]], the northern [[United States]] and most of [[Canada]]. It has been reported from every province and territory in Canada except the [[Northwest Territories]], as well as every state in the northern half of the US, including [[Alaska]], plus [[New Mexico]] and from [[Saint Pierre & Miquelon]]. It is also reported from [[Russia]], [[China]], [[Korea]], [[Mongolia]], [[Japan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Finland]], [[Sweden]], [[Norway]], [[Latvia]], [[Estonia]], [[Belarus]], [[Ukraine]].<ref name="rrrrrrrrrssssssss">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200007053 Flora of North America v 5]</ref><ref>[http://foc.eflora.cn/content.aspx?TaxonId=200007053 Flora of China]</ref><ref>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/caryophylla/moehr/moehlat.html&prev=/search?q%3DMoehringia%2Blateriflora%26start%3D30%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DklY%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26channel%3Dsb%26biw%3D1008%26bih%3D600 Den virtuella Floran,  Ryssnarv, Naturiska Rikismuseet, Museum of Natural History, Stockholm]</ref>


''Moehringia lateriflora'' is a perennial herb spreading by means of underground [[rhizomes]], often forming large colonies. Aerial stems are up to 30 cm long, covered with retrorse (pointing down toward the base of the stem) hairs. Leaves are broad, up to 35 mm long. Flowers occur singly or in groups of 2-5. Petals are white, up to 6 mm long, generally twice as long as the sepals. 
<ref name="rrrrrrrrrssssssss"/><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100004574 photo of specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden]</ref><ref>Fenzl, Eduard. 1833.  Versuch einer Darstellung der Geographischen Verbreitungs- and Vertheilungs-Verhältnisse der Natürlichen Familie der Alsineen 18, 38.</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Caryophyllaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of the United States]]
[[Category:Flora of Canada]]
[[Category:Flora of Russia]]
[[Category:Flora of Saint Pierre and Miquelon]]
[[Category:Flora of China]]
[[Category:Flora of Korea]]
[[Category:Flora of Japan]]
[[Category:Flora of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Flora of Mongolia]]
[[Category:Flora of Europe]]


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