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
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Spergularia azorica
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 AzoresSecr ...
'' – endemic to the archipelago of the
Azores[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.]
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Spergularia atrosperma'' – blackseed sandspurry
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Spergularia bocconei''
(Scheele) Graebn. –
Boccone's sand-spurrey
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Spergularia canadensis
''Spergularia canadensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, known by the common name Canadian sandspurry. It is native to North America, where it is known from mainly coastal habitat. It is found along the coastline ...
'' – Canadian sandspurry
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Spergularia catalaunica
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 AzoresSecr ...
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Monnier
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Spergularia diandra''
(Guss.) Boiss.
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Spergularia echinosperma
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 AzoresSecre ...
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(Celak.) Asch. & Graebn.
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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 AzoresSecre ...
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Foucaud
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Spergularia macrorrhiza
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 AzoresSecre ...
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(Loisel.) Heynh.
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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 m ...
'' – sticky sandspurry
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Spergularia marina
''Spergularia marina'', also called ''Spergularia salina'', is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae (the pink family). It is known as salt sandspurry or lesser sea-spurrey. ''S. marina'' is a sprawling annual or sometim ...
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(L.) Besser – lesser sea-spurrey
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Spergularia media
''Spergularia media'' (syn. ''S. maritima'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names media sandspurry and greater sea-spurrey. It is native to Eurasia and the Mediterranean, where it grows in many t ...
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(L.) C.Presl – greater sea-spurrey
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Spergularia nicaeensis
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 AzoresSecre ...
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Sarato ex Burnat
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Spergularia platensis
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 AzoresSecre ...
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Spergularia rubra
''Spergularia rubra'', the red sandspurry or red sand-spurrey, is a plant species in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to Europe, Asia and North Africa, and it is present on other continents, including North and South America and Australia ...
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(L.) J.Presl & C.Presl – red sand-spurrey
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Spergularia rupicola
''Spergularia rupicola'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Ca ...
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Lebel ex Le Jol.
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Spergularia salina
''Spergularia marina'', also called ''Spergularia salina'', is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae (the pink family). It is known as salt sandspurry or lesser sea-spurrey. ''S. marina'' is a sprawling annual or sometim ...
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J.Presl & C.Presl
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Spergularia segetalis
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 AzoresSecr ...
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(L.) G.Don
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Spergularia tasmanica
''Spergularia tasmanica'' is a species of flowering plant from the genus ''Spergularia''. The species was originally described by L.G.Adams in 2008
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Spergularia tangerina
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 AzoresSecr ...
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P.Monnier
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Spergularia villosa
''Spergularia villosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common name hairy sandspurry. It is native to southern South America, and it is known in the southwestern United States and Baja California as an i ...
'' – hairy sandspurry
See also
*Similar genera that have been taxonomically intertwined with ''Spergularia'':
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Arenaria''
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Spergula
''Spergula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Their usual English name is spurry or spurrey. Commonly found in grassland, the genus originated in the northern hemisphere, but is now found worldwide.
Species
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References
Caryophyllaceae genera
Taxa named by Carl Borivoj Presl
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