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Godfrey's Sandwort

Sabulina paludicola

Found in tidal freshwater marshes, calcareous seeps, other wetlands. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Florida edition What its natural habitat tells you

10
Modest

Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 88%

Height
Up to about 16 inches
Light
Full sun
Soil moisture
Dry to wet
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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Life cycle
Annual or perennial
Bloom
April to June

Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves

Recorded in 2 Florida counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Freshwater tidal marshes

Marshes along tidal rivers where the water is fresh but rises and falls with the tide.

Seeps and springs

Places where groundwater keeps the soil or rock wet, such as seepage slopes and spring runs.

All habitats

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Florida. Shared habitat, not food. 160 animals.

All wildlife of Florida

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

0CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL
0BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Minuartia

  • Lagopus leucuraWhite-tailed Ptarmigan
  • Lagopus mutaRock Ptarmigan
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Caryophyllaceae
Flower color
White or purple
Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Arenaria godfreyi; Godfreys Sandwort; Godfreys Stitchwort; Minuartia godfreyi; Mononeuria paludicola; sandwort

Conservation status

Florida rankS1
Global rankG1
FL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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