Thymeleaf Sandwort

Thymeleaf Sandwort

Arenaria serpyllifolia L.

Caryophyllaceae (Pink Family)

▲ ▼ young plants in spring

▲ ▼ mature, flowering plants

▲ ▼ flowers

▲ mature plant with very open growth habit and fruit pods visible

Thymeleaf Sandwort:

a cool-season annual or biennial weed that has opposite, triangular/egg-shaped leaves with pointed tips, sprawling growth habit and 5-petaled white flowers
similar to common chickweed in the Caryophyllaceae (Pink) family
leaves are smaller, more sparse, and flower petals without deep lobe/notch of common chickweed
tends to flower later into summer than common chickweed