{"id":7109,"date":"2013-03-27T13:08:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T17:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/?page_id=7109"},"modified":"2024-02-05T16:33:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T21:33:57","slug":"bluntleaf-sandwort","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/weed-images\/herbaceous-broadleaf-weeds\/white-flowers\/bluntleaf-sandwort\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluntleaf sandwort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Prepared by Jennifer L. D&#8217;Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Updated February 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scientific name:<\/strong> <em>Moehringia lateriflora <\/em>(L.) Fenzl; old <em>Arenaria lateriflora<\/em> L.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Common name(s):<\/strong> bluntleaf sandwort, blunt-leaved sandwort, grove sandwort, blunt-leaved grove-sandwort, wood sandwort<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/home\/plantProfile?symbol=MOLA6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USDA PLANTS Profile<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildflower.org\/plants\/result.php?id_plant=MOLA6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPIN Profile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org\/species\/moehringia\/lateriflora\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Go Botany<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Images:<\/strong> (to see enlargements [PC]: click on image, then right click and choose &#8220;view image&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: 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<\/a>webpage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Habitat:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-forests<\/p>\n<p>-meadows and fields<\/p>\n<p>-river shores<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Go Botany. \u201cMoehringia Lateriflora (L.) Fenzl.\u201d <i>Moehringia Lateriflora (Blunt-Leaved Grove-Sandwort): Go Botany<\/i>, 2021, gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org\/species\/moehringia\/lateriflora\/.<\/p>\n<p>Connetitcut Botanical Society. \u201cGrove Sandwort (Blunt-Leaved Sandwort) .\u201d <i>Moehringia Lateriflora<\/i>, 2015, www.ct-botanical-society.org\/Plants\/view\/391.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepared by Jennifer L. D&#8217;Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Updated February 2018. Scientific name: Moehringia lateriflora (L.) Fenzl; old Arenaria lateriflora L. Common name(s): bluntleaf sandwort, blunt-leaved sandwort, grove sandwort, blunt-leaved grove-sandwort, wood sandwort Links: USDA PLANTS Profile , NPIN Profile, Go Botany Images: (to see enlargements [PC]: click on image, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":218,"featured_media":0,"parent":6098,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bluntleaf sandwort - Cooperative Extension: Maine Wild Blueberries - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/weed-images\/herbaceous-broadleaf-weeds\/white-flowers\/bluntleaf-sandwort\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bluntleaf sandwort - Cooperative Extension: Maine Wild Blueberries - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prepared by Jennifer L. 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