In the course of my work on the treatment of the Caryophyllaceae for the Generic Flora of the Southeastern United States (Rabeler, in prep.), I came across a specimen of Moenchia erecta (L.) Gaertn., Meyer, & Scherbius from South Carolina. Although recently reported from California (Taylor and Ahart 1983), Oregon (Peck 1961) and British Columbia (Szczawinski and Harrison 1973), this species last appeared in the eastern North America literature in 1913 (Britton 1913). Since this species had occasionally appeared in nineteenth century manuals, I thought it appropriate to attempt verification of these early records.