Spergularia macrotheca |
Spergularia macrotheca var. macrotheca |
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beach sand-spurrey, sticky sand-spurrey |
beach sand-spurrey, sticky sand-spurrey |
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Habit | Plants perennial; from woody taproots. | |
Stems | 5–35 cm |
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Flowers | sepal lobes (4.5)5–7 mm; up to 8 mm in fruit; petals pink to rosy or blue; stamens 9–10; styles 0.5–3 mm. |
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Seeds | 0.6–0.8 mm, red-brown; smooth or surface tubercled, sculpted with lines, or of low rounded mounds, not papillate, often winged. |
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. leaves | 1 or 2+ leaves per axillary leaf cluster; blades linear, 10–40 mm; fleshy; stipules conspicuous, narrowly triangular, 4.5–11 mm; dull white to tan; tips long-acuminate. |
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2n | =36, 72. |
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Spergularia macrotheca |
Spergularia macrotheca var. macrotheca |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Salt marshes and flats, sandy banks and cliffs. Flowering May–Aug. 0–50 m. Est. CA, WA; north to British Columbia, south to Mexico. Native. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 577 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
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