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beach sand-spurrey, sticky sand-spurrey

red sand-spurrey

Habit Plants annual or short-lived perennial; from slender to stout taproots.
Stems

8–25 cm

Flowers

sepal lobes 2–3.2 mm; up to 4 mm in fruit;

petals pink;

stamens 6–10;

styles 0.6–0.8 mm.

Seeds

0.4–0.6 mm, red-brown to dark brown;

surface sculpted with lines, minutely papillate, not winged.

. 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.

2n

=18, 27, 36, 54.

Spergularia macrotheca

Spergularia rubra

Distribution
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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.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 577
Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman
Sibling taxa
S. bocconi, S. canadensis, S. diandra, S. marina, S. media, S. rubra, S. villosa
S. bocconi, S. canadensis, S. diandra, S. macrotheca, S. marina, S. media, S. villosa
Subordinate taxa
S. macrotheca var. macrotheca
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