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Mountain Sandwort

Cherleria biflora

Also called Mountain Stitchwort

Mountain Sandwort
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Subarctic & Subalpine Northern Hemisphere
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Cherleria biflora is a species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is known as mountain stitchwort.

Where it grows

Cherleria biflora is found in the upper subalpine and alpine zones in North America (including in the Rocky Mountains and the Cascades), Central and Northern Europe, and Asia.

Other Cherleria plants

Dry Leaved Sandwort · Cherleria · Cherleria dirphya · Cherleria handelii · Cherleria obtusiloba · Cherleria yukonensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cherleria biflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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