Caryophyllaceae
Thyme-leaved sandwort
Arenaria serpyllifolia
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Arenaria
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- عشبة الرمل, حشيشة الرمل
- arz
- زعتر اوراق ساندويتش
- Belarusian
- Пясчанка чаборалістая, Пяскоўніца, Швыголка
- Bulgarian
- Полегнала песъчарка
- Catalan
- Borrissol, Sabline à feuilles de serpolet
- Chinese
- 无心菜, 無心菜, 卵叶蚤缀, 小无心菜, 蚤缀, 铃铃草, 鵝不食草, 鹅不食草
- Czech
- Písečnice douškolistá
- Dutch
- Gewone zandmuur
- English
- Thyme-leaved sandwort, Thymeleaf sandwort
- Estonian
- Harilik liivkann
- Finnish
- Mäkiarho
- French
- Sabline à feuilles de serpolet, Sabline des murs, Sabline sauvage
- German
- Quendel-Sandkraut, Sabline à feuilles de serpolet
- Hungarian
- Kakukk homokhúr
- Japanese
- ノミノツヅリ
- Korean
- 벼룩이자리
- Latvian
- Mārsila smiltenīte
- Lithuanian
- Sabline à feuilles de serpolet
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sandarve
- Polish
- Piaskowiec macierzankowy
- Russian
- Песчанка тимьянолистная, Песчанка чабрецелистная
- Slovak
- Piesočnica dúškolistá
- Slovenian
- Navadna peščenka
- Swedish
- Sandnarv, Sabline à feuilles de serpolet, Vanlig sandnarv
- Ukrainian
- Піщанка чебрецелиста
- Welsh
- Tywodlys dail teim
Synonyms
- Alsinanthus serpillifolius (L.) Desv.
- Alsine serpyllifolia Crantz
- Alsinella serpyllifolia Gray
- Arenaria alpicola Beck
- Arenaria cantabrica Amo
- Arenaria condensata Lange
- Arenaria crassifolia Freyn ex E.Hallier
- Arenaria martrinii Tzvelev
- Arenaria olonensis Jord. ex Bonnier
- Arenaria patula Martrin-Donos
- Arenaria peloponnesiaca Rech.f.
- Arenaria serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia
- Arenaria serpyllifolia subsp. viscida (Hall.f. ex Lois.) Dostál
- Arenaria serpyllifolia var. glutinosa W.D.J.Koch
- Arenaria serpyllifolia var. scabra Fenzl
- Arenaria serpyllifolia var. serpyllifolia
- Arenaria serpyllifolia var. viscida (Loisel.) DC.
- Arenaria sphaerocarpa Ten.
- Arenaria varia Dulac
- Arenaria viscida Haller f. ex Loisel.
- Arenaria wallichiana Ser.
- Euthalia serpyllifolia Rupr.
- Minuartia olonensis (Jord.) P.Fourn.
- Stellaria serpyllifolia Scop.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
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Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.