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Caryophyllaceae
Apetalous sandwort
Moehringia trinervia
Also known as Sandwort, Rock sandwort, Arenaria, Moehringia trinervia var. erecta
Native Plants · Woodland Plant · Groundcover · Shade Tolerant · Wildflower · Native Plant · Annual · Forest Floor · Low Growing · Caryophyllaceae · European Wildflower
Apetalous Sandwort is a delicate, low-growing woodland annual that naturally carpets shaded, moist forest floors across Europe and temperate Asia. It thrives in humus-rich, moist soils under a woodland canopy and requires very little care once established in the right conditions. Best suited for naturalistic woodland garden settings or shaded ground cover applications rather than conventional ornamental beds.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly to maintain evenly moist soil; avoid waterlogging · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 4 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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