sandwort
noun
sand·wort
ˈsan(d)-ˌwərt 
-ˌwȯrt
: any of a genus (Arenaria) of low tufted herbs of the pink family growing usually in dry sandy regions
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The spring flowers, not the butterflies, were the meadow’s first revelation, trailing mats of pink azalea, fields of yellow mountain avens, and colonies of tiny, white-flowered sandwort, another Ice Age refugee.
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Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
The federally endangered Bear Valley sandwort, Ash-gray Indian paintbrush, and southern mountain wild-buckwheat are no match for the cascading impacts of soil disturbances caused by burros on the move.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
Look for low-growing Southwestern Lewisia, brilliant yellow mountain dandelions, wood betony and delicate Fendler’s sandwort growing among pine needles and limestone boulders.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2021
Kinter recently spotted penstemon, paintbrush, buckbrush, horsemint (a variety of bee balm), sandwort and wooly sunflower (also known as Oregon sunshine).
—Anna Webb, idahostatesman, 10 July 2017
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Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
The federally endangered Bear Valley sandwort, Ash-gray Indian paintbrush, and southern mountain wild-buckwheat are no match for the cascading impacts of soil disturbances caused by burros on the move.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
Look for low-growing Southwestern Lewisia, brilliant yellow mountain dandelions, wood betony and delicate Fendler’s sandwort growing among pine needles and limestone boulders.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2021
Kinter recently spotted penstemon, paintbrush, buckbrush, horsemint (a variety of bee balm), sandwort and wooly sunflower (also known as Oregon sunshine).
—Anna Webb, idahostatesman, 10 July 2017
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“Sandwort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandwort. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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