A widely distributed low-growing plant of the pink family, typically having small white flowers and growing in dry sandy ground.
蚤缀，鹅不食
Arenaria and other genera, family Caryophyllaceae
Example sentencesExamples
You also can plant sandwort in a dry spot such as a rockery or the top of a wall.
Over 160 different vascular plants have been recorded at Winskill Stones including noteworthy species such as spring sandwort, horseshoe vetch, meadow saxifrage, mossy saxifrage, mountain everlasting and moonwort.
The altogether fetching, ground-hugging alpine forget-me-nots are at their peak in mid-July (followed closely by such charmers as alpine sandwort, mouse ear, and rockjasmine).
Among these are nailwort, slender mountain sandwort, rock jasmine, and alpine primrose.
Definition of sandwort in US English:
sandwort
noun
A widely distributed low-growing plant of the pink family, typically having small white flowers and growing in dry sandy ground.
蚤缀，鹅不食
Arenaria and other genera, family Caryophyllaceae
Example sentencesExamples
Over 160 different vascular plants have been recorded at Winskill Stones including noteworthy species such as spring sandwort, horseshoe vetch, meadow saxifrage, mossy saxifrage, mountain everlasting and moonwort.
You also can plant sandwort in a dry spot such as a rockery or the top of a wall.
The altogether fetching, ground-hugging alpine forget-me-nots are at their peak in mid-July (followed closely by such charmers as alpine sandwort, mouse ear, and rockjasmine).
Among these are nailwort, slender mountain sandwort, rock jasmine, and alpine primrose.