Scientific name: Arenaria norvegica Gunnerus
Common name: Arctic/English Sandwort
Description
Habit: Annual, to 6 cm high.
Stems: Erect or ascending, well branched below.
Leaves: Opposite, entire, oval to oblong leaves with an obscure central vain; leaf margins hairless or with hairs only in lower part.
Flowers: White, actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, solitary or 2 per stem; sepals 5; petals 5, about 5 mm long; stamens 10; styles 3; ovary superior.
Fruits: A capsule.
Habitat: Limestone pavement.
Distribution: Very rare.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: Yes
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