Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Big Leaf Sandwort

Moehringia macrophylla - Locally common, late spring-early summer, perennial, 3-8 in. Single stem to cushion, descending to upright. Stem square or grooved to round, leafy, often branched. Leaves opposite, lance-shaped, with pointed tips, 1-2.5 in. long, more or less evenly spaced, reducing in size upward. Flowers 2-5 in open cluster on short stalks near stem tops. Flowers small, with 5 sharply pointed sepals, 5 white rounded petals about the same size as sepals. Grows in moist shaded to dry forests and open rocky slopes, including serpentine, at low to high elevations. Native.