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§1 Plant

Moehringia lateriflora (L.) Fenzl

vernacular bluntleaf sandwort — species · Caryophyllaceae


USDA
MOLA6
GBIF
3085371
Rank
species
bluntleaf sandwort (Moehringia lateriflora)
Platephotograph · BobCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Caryophyllaceae Juss.
Genus
Moehringia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b

County-level range

· 440 counties across 26 states/territories
Legend Native · 440 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 440 counties across 26 states/territories.

Alaska view state ↗ 22 N
Colorado view state ↗ 19 N
Idaho view state ↗ 15 N
Illinois view state ↗ 29 N
Indiana view state ↗ 21 N
Iowa view state ↗ 4 N
Maine view state ↗ 14 N
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N
Michigan view state ↗ 9 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 66 N
Missouri view state ↗ 7 N
Montana view state ↗ 13 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 5 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 N
New York view state ↗ 31 N
North Dakota view state ↗ 29 N
Ohio view state ↗ 26 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 29 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 5 N
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 41 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/MOLA6 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3085371 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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