Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Caryophyllanae > Order Caryophyllales > Family Caryophyllaceae > Genus Honckenya

Honckenya peploides (L.) Ehrh.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Honckenya*	Ehrh.	accepted genus name
*Honkenya*	Ehrh.	orthographic variant
*Honckenya peploides*	(L.) Ehrh.	taxonomically included in
*Ammadenia*	Rupr.	synonym

Species group names

*Arenaria peploides*	L.	basionym
*Ammadenia peploides*	(L.) Rupr.	homotypic synonym
*Minuartia peploides*	(L.) Hiern	homotypic synonym
*Honkenya peploides*	(L.) Ehrh.	orthographic variant
*Honckenya peploides subsp. diffusa*	(Hornem.) Hultén	taxonomically included in
*Honckenya peploides subsp. peploides*	(L.) Ehrh.	taxonomically included in
*Arenaria litoralis*	Salisb.	synonym; nom. illeg.

Children

Honckenya peploides (L.) Ehrh. subsp. peploides
Honckenya peploides subsp. diffusa (Hornem.) Hultén

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Strandarve sources: Jonsell, B. 2001: Flora Nordica 2

Dutch: Zeepostelein sources: Meijden, R. van der 1990: Heukels' Flora van Nederland, ed. 21. – Groningen

English: Sea Sandwort sources: Dony, J. G., Jury, S. L. & Perring, F. H. 1986: English Names of Wild Flowers, a list recommended by the Botanical Society of the British Isles, ed. 2

Estonian: Merihumur sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Faroese: sanddunnuber sources: Jonsell, B. 2001: Flora Nordica 2

Finnish: suola-arho; suola-arho sources: Jonsell, B. 2001: Flora Nordica 2;Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

French: Honkénie faux pourpier; Pourpier de mer sources: 2006: Tela Botanica, Le réseau de la botanique francophone – http://www.tela-botanica.org/

Galician: arenaria do mar; honquenia sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

German: Salzmiere sources: Rothmaler, W. (ed. Jäger, E. J.) 2011: Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Gefäßpflanzen: Grundband, ed. 20. – Heidelberg: Spektrum

Icelandic: fjöruarfi sources: Jonsell, B. 2001: Flora Nordica 2

Latvian: honkēnija sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Lithuanian: sultingoji jūrasmiltė sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Norwegian: strandarve sources: Jonsell, B. 2001: Flora Nordica 2

Polish: Honkenia piaskowa sources: Mirek, Z. 1995: Vascular plants of Poland. A Checklist.

Portuguese: sapinho da praia; sapinho da praya; sapinho-da-praia sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Russian: гонкения бутерлаковидная sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Scottish Gaelic: Gaineamhlus mara sources: Scannell, M. J. P. & Synnott, D. M. 1987: Census catalogue of the flora of Ireland, ed. 2. – Dublin

Spanish, Castillian: arenaria de mar sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Swedish: Saltarv; saltarv sources: Jonsell, B. 2001: Flora Nordica 2;Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Welsh: Tywodlys Arfor

Literature

additional source	Dumoulin, E. (1996). Checklist of the plants in the beach and dune area at Heist West [Inventarisatie van de planten uit het strand-duingebied te Heist West]. De Strandvlo 16(1): 19-30
nomenclatural reference	in Neues Mag. Aerzte 5: 206. 1783

Genbank

Citation

Marhold, K. 2011+: Caryophyllaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. Honckenya peploides (L.) Ehrh. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/970642dd-b6fd-4aa5-9491-e67b8c3a0f0b

WoRMS (2025). Honckenya peploides (L.) Ehrh., 1783. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=412894