Caryophyllaceae
Seaside sandplant
Honckenya peploides
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Honckenya
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Common names
By language (23)
- Basque
- Honckenya
- Chinese
- 濱繁縷
- Croatian
- Honckenya
- csb
- Peplón
- Danish
- Strandarve
- Dutch
- Zeepostelein
- English
- Seaside sandplant, Sea sandwort
- Estonian
- Merihumur
- Finnish
- Suola-arho, Honkenya peploides
- French
- Pourpier de mer, Honckénye robuste
- German
- Salzmiere, Strandsalzmiere, Honkenya peploides, Salzmieren, Strandportulak
- hsb
- Wšědna sólnička
- Icelandic
- Fjöruarfi
- Japanese
- ハマハコベ
- Latvian
- Sālsvirzas
- Lithuanian
- Sultingoji jūrasmiltė, Jūrasmiltė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Strandarve, Strandarven
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Strandarve
- Polish
- Honkenia piaskowa, Honkenia
- Russian
- Гонкения бутерлаковидная
- Spanish
- Ammodenia peploides, Hierba de la sal
- Swedish
- Saltarv
- Welsh
- Tywodlys arfor
Synonyms
- Alsine peploides Crantz
- Arenaria littoralis Salisb.
- Arenaria peploides L.
- Arenaria portulacea Lam.
- Arenaria sitchensis D.Dietr.
- Cerastium succulentum Crantz
- Halianthus peploides Fr.
- Minuartia peploides (L.) Hiern
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 282 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Martin Genner, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: S. Rae from Scotland, UK, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: rajasvale, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tobar MacPhail, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Maria, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.