Spergularia macrotheca |
Spergularia rubra |
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beach sand-spurrey, sticky sand-spurrey |
red sand-spurrey |
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Habit | Plants annual or short-lived perennial; from slender to stout taproots. | |
Stems | 8–25 cm |
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Flowers | sepal lobes 2–3.2 mm; up to 4 mm in fruit; petals pink; stamens 6–10; styles 0.6–0.8 mm. |
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Seeds | 0.4–0.6 mm, red-brown to dark brown; surface sculpted with lines, minutely papillate, not winged. |
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. leaves | 2–4+ leaves per axillary cluster; blades thread-like to linear, 4–15 mm, barely fleshy; stipules conspicuous, lanceolate, 3.5–5 mm; shiny, white; tips long-acuminate or apiculate. |
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2n | =18, 27, 36, 54. |
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Spergularia macrotheca |
Spergularia rubra |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Roadsides, slopes, waste areas, riverbanks, lawns. Flowering Apr–Oct. 0–2300 m. BR, BW, Casc, CR, Est, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to AK, northeast to MT, east to CO, southeast to NM, eastern North America; Asia, Europe. Exotic. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 577 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
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