Kalmar "Genus" tana nufin matakin rarrabuwar haraji sama da nau'in jinsi amma ƙasa da iyali. Kalmar “Arenaria” ta samo asali ne daga kalmar “arena” ta Latin, wadda ke nufin “yashi,” kuma tana nufin wurin da ake samun yawancin nau’in wannan jinsin. rukunin tsire-tsire masu taxonomic a cikin dangin Caryophyllaceae waɗanda galibi ana samun su a wuraren yashi.
