Scientific Name:	Arenaria montana
Pronunciation:	ar-eh-NAIR-ee-uh mon-TAY-nuh
Common Name:	mountain sandwort
Family Name:	Caryophyllaceae
Plant Type:	Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:	Low round-topped ground cover with white five petaled flowers in summer.
Course(s):	HORT 1155

Habit: Dense, Spreading Form: Creeping / Mat-like Texture: Medium - fine Mature Size: Height: 0.1 - 0.2m Spread: 0.1 - 0.3m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: Europe Hardiness Rating: Zone 2: (-46 to -40 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained Water Use: Low Landscape Uses: Alpine, Attract beneficial insects, Container planting, Erosion control, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Rock garden, Spring interest Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Opposite Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Pubescent Colour in Summer: Green, Silver / Grayish Colour in Fall: Green, Silver / Grayish Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Lanceolate, Linear, Oblong Margins: Ciliate

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Cyme Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, White Flower Time at Peak: Jun, Jul, Aug

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Additional Info: Not showy

Bark or Stem Colour:

Propagation:	Seed
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Drought resistant

Location(s): (HPZ) Horticulture PlaZa : 'Avalanche' (ONW) Overpass North side West : q.3 Location Map

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