| Dicotyledon | Literature for Spergularia marina
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Caryophyllaceae -- The Pink Family | Bibliography |
| Spergularia marina | |
Common name(s): sand spurry, mimi`ilio, saltmarsh sand spurry |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to Eurasia and also apparently North America.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kure, Midway, French Frigate Shoals, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Maui. | |
| Habit |
Annual herbs; stems erect to nearly prostrate, somewhat fleshy, 0.5-3 dm long, unbranched or many-branched, glabrous or glandular puberulent. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves opposite or rarely fascicled, fleshy, linear, 5-40 mm long, 0.6-1.5 mm wide, glabrous or glandular puberulent, stipules deltate, 2-4 mm long. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers in lax, elongate, racemose cymes; sepals ovate, 2.5-5 mm long; petals white to pink, ovate, 2-4 mm long; stamens 2-5. |
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| Fruit |
Capsules 3.5-6 mm long. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds brown, 0.6-0.8 mm long, smooth or papillose, usually not winged. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 18, 34, 36 |
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