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Mountain Stitchwort

Minuartia biflora

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Common names

14 names · 11 languages
EnglishYour language
Other languages (10)
Dutch
  • Tweebloemige muur
French
  • Minuartie a deux fleurs[5]
Chinese (Simplified)
  • 二花丽漆姑[4]
Finnish
  • lapinnätä[4]
German
Norwegian
Polish
  • mokrzyca górska[4]
Russian
  • Минуарция двухцветковая[4]
  • Шерлерия двухцветковая[4]
Slovak
  • kurička dvojkvetá[4]
Swedish
  • fjällnörel[4]
Sources & name notes (5)

Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.

Catalogue language labels are reviewed separately from botanical source records.

Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.

[1] Cherleria biflora — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy. This is a common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • Mountain Stitchwort — results[0].names[2]; taxon id 836811; Cherleria biflora.
  • Zweiblütige Miere — results[0].names[6]; taxon id 836811; Cherleria biflora.
[2] Minuartia biflora — GBIF vernacular names (GRIN Taxonomy) ↗

GBIF aggregation of GRIN Taxonomy. The original upstream source was not independently inspected; this is a sourced vernacular-name attestation, not a botanical determination.

Source records
  • mountain stitchwort — results[11] at https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/3085555/vernacularNames?limit=1000&offset=0; taxonKey 3085555; sourceTaxonKey 101341927; Minuartia biflora.
  • mountain sandwort — results[9] at https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/3085555/vernacularNames?limit=1000&offset=0; taxonKey 3085555; sourceTaxonKey 101341927; Minuartia biflora.
[3] Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20 — Cherleria biflora ↗

Common names from World Plants, version 26.05, reproduced in Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20. License: CC BY.

Source records
  • Mountain stitchwort — VernacularName.tsv, line 147971; taxon TXSV.
  • Zweiblütige Miere — VernacularName.tsv, line 147972; taxon TXSV.
[4] Cherleria biflora — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • Mountain Stitchwort — results[17].names[2]; taxon id 836811; Cherleria biflora.
  • Zweiblütige Miere — results[17].names[6]; taxon id 836811; Cherleria biflora.
  • tuearve — results[17].names[1]; taxon id 836811; Cherleria biflora.
  • lapinnätä — results[17].names[3]; taxon id 836811; Cherleria biflora.
  • Шерлерия двухцветковая — results[17].names[4]; taxon id 836811; Cherleria biflora.
  • fjällnörel — results[17].names[5]; taxon id 836811; Cherleria biflora.
  • Минуарция двухцветковая — results[17].names[7]; taxon id 836811; Cherleria biflora.
  • mokrzyca górska — results[17].names[8]; taxon id 836811; Cherleria biflora.
  • 二花丽漆姑 — results[17].names[9]; taxon id 836811; Cherleria biflora.
  • kurička dvojkvetá — results[17].names[10]; taxon id 836811; Cherleria biflora.
[5] Minuartia biflora — GBIF vernacular names (Info Flora Schweiz - Caryophyllaceae) ↗

GBIF aggregation of Info Flora Schweiz - Caryophyllaceae. The original upstream source was not independently inspected; this is a sourced vernacular-name attestation, not a botanical determination.

Source records
  • Zweibluetige Miere — results[6] at https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/3085555/vernacularNames?limit=1000&offset=0; taxonKey 3085555; sourceTaxonKey 224775689; Minuartia biflora.
  • Minuartie a deux fleurs — results[3] at https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/3085555/vernacularNames?limit=1000&offset=0; taxonKey 3085555; sourceTaxonKey 224775689; Minuartia biflora.
Plant references

Source-backed information

Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.

Taxonomy
Catalogue of Life treats Minuartia biflora as a synonym of Cherleria biflora.

Taxonomic treatment in the August 2026 release; the catalogue record name is preserved.

Sources [1] [2]
Botanical family
Caryophyllaceae

Family in the cited taxonomic treatment.

Sources [2]
Native range
Subarctic & Subalpine Northern Hemisphere.

Explicit native locality records in Kew WCVP v16; introduced and doubtful distributions excluded. Continent conversion follows the documented geographic mapping.

Sources [3]
Catalogue ratings

Who this plant supports

Honey bees

Low suitability
Nectar value Low
Pollen value Low
Plant profile

About this plant

Mountain Stitchwort (Minuartia biflora) is a herbaceous plant. It flowers from June to August.

Sources and references

References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Minuartia biflora — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: Taxonomy
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 675877; ID 43K7T; rank species; status synonym

    Source checked on .

    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Catalogue of Life Cherleria biflora — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: TaxonomyBotanical family
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 5197231; ID TXSV; rank species; status accepted
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 5197231; ID TXSV; rank species; status accepted

    Source checked on .

    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  3. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Cherleria biflora — Kew WCVP native distribution

    Native distribution and taxonomic treatment from the official WCVP v16 export (4 June 2026). The link opens the corresponding POWO taxon. Source rows are retained in the native-range audit archive.

    Supports: Native range
    Relevant sections
    • Native range: WCVP v16; wcvp_names.csv lines 390155, 390158; wcvp_distribution.csv native locality lines 1560973, 1560974, 1560975, 1560976, 1560977, 1560978, 1560979, 1560980, 1560981, 1560982, 1560983, 1560984, 1560985, 1560986, 1560987, 1560988, 1560989, 1560990, 1560991, 1560992, 1560993, 1560994, 1560995, 1560996, 1560997, 1560998, 1560999, 1561000, 1561001, 1561002, 1561003, 1561004, 1561005, 1561006, 1561007, 1561008, 1561009, 1561010, 1561011, 1561012, 1561013, 1561014, 1561015, 1561016, 1561017, 1561018

    Source checked on .

    Source data licence: CC BY 3.0.