Spergularia
Spergularia macrotheca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Spergularia
(Pers.) J.Presl & C.Presl

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

See also

  • Similar genera that have been taxonomically intertwined with Spergularia:

References

  1. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Spergularia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  2. Flora of North America
  3. 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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