Spergularia
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Spergularia is a genus in the family Caryophyllaceae, containing salt-tolerant plants known as sandspurrys (or sandspurries)[1] and sea-spurreys. There are about 60 species.[2]
Selected species
- Spergularia azorica – endemic to the archipelago of the Azores[3]
- Spergularia atrosperma – blackseed sandspurry
- Spergularia bocconei (Scheele) Graebn. – Boccone's sand-spurrey
- Spergularia canadensis – Canadian sandspurry
- Spergularia catalaunica Monnier
- Spergularia diandra (Guss.) Boiss.
- Spergularia echinosperma (Celak.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Spergularia heldreichii Foucaud
- Spergularia macrorrhiza (Loisel.) Heynh.
- Spergularia macrotheca – sticky sandspurry
- Spergularia marina (L.) Besser – lesser sea-spurrey
- Spergularia media (L.) C.Presl – greater sea-spurrey
- Spergularia nicaeensis Sarato ex Burnat
- Spergularia platensis
- Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl – red sand-spurrey
- Spergularia rupicola Lebel ex Le Jol.
- Spergularia salina J.Presl & C.Presl
- Spergularia segetalis (L.) G.Don
- Spergularia tasmanica
- Spergularia tangerina P.Monnier
- Spergularia villosa – hairy sandspurry
See also
References
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- ↑ Template:PLANTS
- ↑ 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.