Serpentine Stitchwort
(Cherleria marcescens)
Description
Arenaria is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Caryophyllaceae. Species of this genus are among those plants commonly known as "sandworts". Several species formerly classified within Arenaria are now classed in the genera Spergularia, Eremogone and Minuartia.
Taxonomic tree:
Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Caryophyllaceae
Genus:Cherleria
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