Caryophyllaceae

Mountain sandwort

Arenaria montana L.

Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Arenaria

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Mountain sandwort (Arenaria montana) — FlowerPhoto: Gijs Romijn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (7)

Chinese: 高山无心菜, 高山無心菜, 山雪草
English: Mountain sandwort
German: Berg-Sandkraut
Persian: مرجانی کوهی
Spanish: Cesped espinoso
Swedish: Bergnarv
Welsh: Tywodlys y mynydd

Synonyms

Alsinanthus montanus (L.) Desv.
Alsine caucasica Boiss.
Alsine montana Crantz
Arenaria caucasica Fernald
Arenaria linearifolia Poir.
Arenaria montana subsp. linearifolia (Poir.) Font Quer
Arenaria pyrenaica hort. ex Steud.
Bigelowia montana Raf.

Flowers

In flower: April to June (from 1,181 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Gijs Romijn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Castanhal García, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Mtiffany71, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Michael Tiffany, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: alon saurio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Villarroya Josep, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: mluzcaravaca, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.