Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geocarpon groenlandicum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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Read more about Greenland Sandwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Minuartia groenlandica
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mononeuria groenlandica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Minuartia groenlandica
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-11-005a:
Arenaria groenlandica var. groenlandica FAMILY Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabulina groenlandica
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Sandwort, Greenland Sandwort
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Diane Creaton dmc03307
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm100626_056
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
Lower leaves often form thick mats, from which stems grow 2-5" tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0407u_30
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm0407u_30b
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmgroenlandica_rm2
July NC-TN
The Roan Highlands
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmgroenlandica_rm4
July NC-TN
The Roan Highlands
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmgroenlandica_rm5
July NC-TN
The Roan Highlands
Flowers with 5 separate petals, each slightly notched at tip, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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Keith Bradley kab_m_groenlandica_78722
August Essex County NY
Whiteface Mountain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geocarpon groenlandicum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Minuartia groenlandica
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mononeuria groenlandica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Minuartia groenlandica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-11-005a:
Arenaria groenlandica var. groenlandica
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabulina groenlandica
936
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: Low elevation rock outcrops (such as sandstone pavements in the VA Ridge and Valley) to high elevation rock outcrops in the Mountains (ascending to nearly 2000m on Roan Mountain), also disjunct on the summits of quartzite monadnocks in the upper Piedmont (such as Pilot Mountain, Surry County, NC and Hanging Rock, Stokes County, NC), per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
5-10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p276
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p054?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p077
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p405
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p041
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