sandwortn.
/ˈsandwəːt/ A name given to the genus Arenaria and other plants growing in sandy localities.
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sandwort1597
sea pimpernel1633
mountain chickweed1659
sea spurrey1762
sea-chickweed1786
arenariaa1806
sand-weed1849
sea-sandwort1850
sea spurrey sandwort1853
mountain sandwort1884
sand flower1916
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 347 Buckes horne..is called also by certaine bastarde names, as Harenaria, or Sandwoort.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 421–4.
1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (1860) 57 Alsine..Grove Sandwort.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1015/1 Spurrey sandwort, Spergularia.
1882 Garden 21 Jan. 34/3 I have not yet tried these Sandworts in shade.
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