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Spergularia Heldreichii
Spergularia is a genus in the family Caryophyllaceae, containing salt-tolerant plants known as sandspurrys and sea-spurreys. There are about 60 species. Selected species * ''Spergularia azorica'' – endemic to the archipelago of the AzoresSecretaria 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. *''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 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spergularia Macrotheca
''Spergularia macrotheca'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common name sticky sandspurry. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Baja California, where it grows in many types of moist coastal and inland habitat, often in alkaline and saline substrates. It may be found in marshes, alkali flats, beaches, meadows, seeps, and vernal pools. It is a perennial herb producing a narrow stem up to 40 centimeters long with a woody, thickened base and taproot. They may grow erect or prostrate across the ground. It is covered in sticky glandular hairs, especially in the inflorescence. The stems are lined with fleshy linear leaves, sometimes tipped with spines. The leaves are accompanied by triangular stipules up to a centimeter long each. Flowers occur in clusters at the end of the stem as well as in leaf axils. The small flowers have five pointed sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |