Moehringia lateriflora

Template:Taxobox Moehringia lateriflora (bluntleaf sandwort)<ref>Template:Cite web</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">Flora of North America v 5</ref><ref>Flora of China</ref><ref>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>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>