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Arenaria balearica Caryophyllaceae Mossy Sandwort
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Arenaria balearica
© Paul Hackney
Arenaria balearica
© Paul Hackney
Arenaria balearica
Map updated: March 2008
Species Description:
An attractive garden wall plant with small white flowers on long stalks. It is a native of the Balearic and other western Mediterranean islands, but is naturalised on a few walls in some districts such as about Holywood, Co. Down.
All names: Arenaria balearica L.

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