Distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having 4- rather than 5-petaled flowers

• Low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and arctic northern hemisphere sandworts

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Moehringia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae . Members of this genus and of some other genera in Caryophyllaceae are commonly called sandworts. They are found only in the north temperate zone . Moehringia was established by Linnaeus ...