| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Moehringia lateriflora (L.) Fenzl |
| Synonyms | Arenaria lateriflora L. |
| Arenaria buxifolia Poir. | |
| Arenaria pensylvanica Muhl. | |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | leaves narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, to 25mm long, ciliate, flowers 6-10mm across, 2-4, in cyme |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Norway , Sweden ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Baltic States , Central European Russia , East European Russia , North European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) Eastern Asia (Korea ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Nunavut , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Prince Edward I. , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (Illinois , Iowa , Minnesota , Missouri , North Dakota , Nebraska , South Dakota , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Connecticut , Indiana , Maine , Masachusettes , Michigan , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode I. , Vermont , West Virginia ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico ) Southeastern U.S.A. (Maryland , Virginia) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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