Spergularia
| Spergularia | |
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| Spergularia macrotheca | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Spergularia (Pers.) J.Presl & C.Presl |
Spergularia is a genus in the family Caryophyllaceae, containing salt-tolerant plants known as sandspurrys[1] and sea-spurreys. There are about 60 species.[2]
Selected species[]
- – endemic to the archipelago of the Azores[3]
- Spergularia atrosperma – blackseed sandspurry
- Spergularia bocconei (Scheele) Graebn. – Boccone's sand-spurrey
- Spergularia canadensis – Canadian sandspurry
- Monnier
- Spergularia diandra (Guss.) Boiss.
- (Celak.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Foucaud
- (Loisel.) Heynh.
- Spergularia macrotheca – sticky sandspurry
- Spergularia marina (L.) Besser – lesser sea-spurrey
- Spergularia media (L.) C.Presl – greater sea-spurrey
- Sarato ex Burnat
- Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl – red sand-spurrey
- Spergularia rupicola Lebel ex Le Jol.
- Spergularia salina J.Presl & C.Presl
- (L.) G.Don
- Spergularia tasmanica
- P.Monnier
- Spergularia villosa – hairy sandspurry
See also[]
- Similar genera that have been taxonomically intertwined with Spergularia:
- Arenaria
- Spergula
References[]
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Spergularia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ Flora of North America
- ^ Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar (2008), Plantas Endémicas dos Açores: Guia da Ilha do Faial, p.11; Flowering between May and September, the azorica is a small plant, sometimes woody at its base, and found in only strongly exposed coastal cliffs.
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