Spergularia Explained

Spergularia is a genus in the family Caryophyllaceae, containing salt-tolerant plants known as sandspurrys (or sandspurries) and sea-spurreys. There are about 60 species.^[1]

Selected species

• Spergularia azorica – endemic to the archipelago of the Azores^[2]
• 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

• Similar genera that have been taxonomically intertwined with Spergularia:
  • Arenaria
  • Spergula

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=130838 Flora of North America
2. 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.