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Moehringia lateriflora
Also called Grove Sandwort, Blunt Leaf Grove Sandwort, Blunt Leaf Sandwort, Blunt Leaved Sandwort
Moehringia lateriflora, commonly known as the blunt-leaf sandwort, is a plant species in the Alsinoideae subfamily of the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. It is a small perennial herb that grows in a variety of habitats and is native to much of the Northern Hemisphere, including northern and eastern Europe, Asia, the northern United States, and most of Canada. As with other members of its genus, M. lateriflora has spongy appendages on its seeds, called elaiosomes, that attract ants, which help with its dispersal. It is also a host to several fungal pathogens, including an undescribed species of anther smut spread from flower to flower by pollinating insects.
Moehringia lateriflora has a wide holarctic distribution. In North America, it has been reported from Saint Pierre and Miquelon, every province and territory in Canada except the Northwest Territories, and the northern half of the United States, extending southward to New Mexico. Its distribution across Asia includes Russia, Korea, Mongolia, Japan, Kazakhstan, and nine provinces across northern China. In Europe, M. lateriflora is native to Finland, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and European Russia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Moehringia lateriflora 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.
