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Caryophyllaceae
Geocarpon

not marked as a favorite taxon Geocarpon groenlandicum (Retzius) E.E. Schilling. Common name: Mountain Sandwort, Greenland Sandwort. Phenology: May-Oct. Habitat: Low elevation rock outcrops (such as sandstone pavements in the VA Ridge and Valley) to high elevation rock outcrops in the Mountains (ascending to nearly 2000m on Roan Mountain), also disjunct on the summits of quartzite monadnocks in the upper Piedmont (such as Pilot Mountain, Surry County, NC and Hanging Rock, Stokes County, NC). Distribution: Greenland, NS, and QC south to the higher mountains of New England and NY; disjunct in the Southern Appalachians of s. WV, w. VA, w. NC, and e. TN.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Schilling et al (2022), in press; Stellaria groenlandica Retz.; = Alsinopsis groenlandica (Retz.) Small — S13; = Arenaria groenlandica (Retz.) Spreng. — W; = Arenaria groenlandica (Retz.) Spreng. var. groenlandica — C, F, G, RAB, Maguire (1951); = Minuartia groenlandica (Retz.) Ostenf. — FNA5, NE, Tn, Va; = Mononeuria groenlandica (Retz.) Dillenb. & Kadereit — Can, K4, NY, Dillenberger & Kadereit (2014); = Porsildia groenlandica (Retz.) Á.Löve & D.Löve ssp. groenlandica; = Sabulina groenlandica (Retz.) Small — S. Basionym: Stellaria groenlandica Retz. 1795

Links to other floras: = Minuartia groenlandica - FNA5

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image #1 of Geocarpon groenlandicum© Alan Cressler: Minuartia groenlandica, with Frankliniella tritici, Grassy Ridge Bald, Pisgah National Forest, Mitchell County, North Carolina 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Geocarpon groenlandicum© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
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image #8 of Geocarpon groenlandicum© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
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