Arenaria groenlandica

Taxobox


image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Caryophyllaceae
genus = "Arenaria"
species = "A. groenlandica"
binomial = "Arenaria groenlandica"
binomial_authority = Spreng.

The Mountain Sandwort ("Arenaria groenlandica"), or Greenland Sandwort of northeast North America and Greenland, is a small mat forming alpine plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, related to the mountain sandwort of the European Alps, Arenaria montana.

Its characteristics include white flowers with 5 petals, and opposite, narrow leaves about 1/4 inch long. It is one of the few alpine plants to flower through the summer season.