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Arenaria (plant)

Arenaria
Eremogone capillaris 5746.jpg
Arenaria capillaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Arenaria
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Species

~150, See text.


~150, See text.

Arenaria is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Caryophyllaceae.

Species of this genus are among those plants commonly known as "sandworts". Several species formerly classified within Arenaria are now classed in the genera Spergularia, Eremogone and Minuartia.

Recently described:



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