Sandwort is the common name of several flowering plants in the carnation family, which may be members of the following genera:
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Minuartia
''Minuartia'' is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sandworts in the family Caryophyllaceae.
Minuartias are small annual or perennial plants which grow in otherwise inhospitable conditions such as on rocky ledges and in stony soil. S ...
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Moehringia
''Moehringia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae.Volker Bittrich. 1993. "Caryophyllaceae" In: Klaus Kubitzki. ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants''. volume II, pages 206-236. Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg ...
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Wort plants
This is an alphabetical listing of wort plants, meaning plants that employ the syllable ''wort'' in their English-language common names.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary's Ask Oxford site, "A word with the suffix ''-wort'' is often very ...
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