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Moehringia muscosa

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Description:

These tiny stars are four-petaled flowers (rather confusing as the plant belong to family Caryophyllaceae) 10 to 12 mm across, produced in August on a creeping or low-growing herbaceous plant; growing in shade on a forest floor.

Habitat:

Slopes of Jura, forest floor of a mixed montane forest.

Reference Links:

Moehringia - Wikipedia, FLOREALPES : Moehringia muscosa / Moehringie fausse mousse / Caryophyllaceae / …

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Flowers of Europe
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The Flora of Central European Alps
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Wildlife of Jura Mountain

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PublishedSeptember 8, 2019

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