''Moehringia lateriflora'', commonly known as the bluntleaf sandwort, is a plant species native to Europe, Asia, the northern United States and most of Canada. It has been reported from every province and territory in Canada except the

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, as well as every state in the northern half of the US, including

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, plus

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and from Saint Pierre & Miquelon. It is also reported from Russia, China, Korea, Mongolia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Ukraine. ''Moehringia lateriflora'' is a perennial herb spreading by means of underground

rhizomes In botany and dendrology, a rhizome ( ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...

, often forming large colonies. Aerial stems are up to 30 cm long, covered with retrorse (pointing down toward the base of the stem) hairs. Leaves are broad, up to 35 mm long. Flowers occur singly or in groups of two to five. Petals are white, up to 6 mm long, generally twice as long as the sepals. It grows in forests, meadows, shores of rivers or lakes, and woodlands.

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lateriflora Flora of the United States Flora of Canada Flora of Russia Flora of Saint Pierre and Miquelon Flora of China Flora of Korea Flora of Japan Flora of Kazakhstan Flora of Mongolia Flora of Europe Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Caryophyllaceae-stub