Caryophyllaceae
Three-veined sandwort
Moehringia trinervia
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Moehringia
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Common names
By language (21)
- Belarusian
- Мерынгія трохжылкавая
- Bulgarian
- Трижилкова кутявка
- Catalan
- Arenària trinervia, Méringie trinerviée
- Chinese
- 三脈種阜草, 三脉种阜草, 三脉美苓草
- Czech
- Mateřka trojžilná
- Dutch
- Drienerfmuur
- English
- Three-veined sandwort, Apetalous sandwort, Three-nerved sandwort
- Estonian
- Harilik võsalill
- Finnish
- Lehtoarho
- French
- Méringie trinerviée, Sabline à trois nervures
- German
- Dreinervige Nabelmiere, Wald-Nabelmiere, Méringie trinerviée
- hsb
- Rjapkata plesawka
- Latvian
- Trejdzīslu mēringija
- Lithuanian
- Méringie trinerviée
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Maurarve
- Polish
- Możylinek trójnerwowy
- Russian
- Мёрингия трёхжилковая, Мерингия трехжилковая, Мерингия трёхжилковая
- Slovak
- Meringia trojžilová, Materka trojžilná
- Slovenian
- Trižilna popkoresa
- Swedish
- Skogsnarv, Méringie trinerviée
- Welsh
- Tywodlys teirnerf
Synonyms
- Alsine trinervia (L.) Crantz
- Alsinella trinervis Gray
- Arenaria breviflora Bubani
- Arenaria nemorosa Steud.
- Arenaria nervosa Lam.
- Arenaria petiolata Hayata
- Arenaria plantaginea Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
- Arenaria trinervia L.
- Stellaria anhweiensis Migo
- Strophium trinervium (L.) Dulac
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: emmalu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Kenraiz , Krzysztof Ziarnek, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Viktor Nebenführ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chardonneret, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Audrey Betus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Pascale PRILE, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Per technetyl, 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.