Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
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Spergularia marina (L.) Besser, Enum. Pl. [Besser] 97 (1822)
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
Biostatus
Nomenclature
(L.) Besser
L.
Besser
1822
97
ICN
species
Spergularia marina
Classification
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Descriptions
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
Taprooted annual or biennial, rarely perennial. Stems decumbent, sparsely covered in glandular hairs above, or glabrous, 3-7-(10) cm long. Lvs not fascicled, fleshy, linear, obtuse or mucronate, 3-8-(12) × 1 mm, the lower glabrous, the upper with sparse glandular hairs. Stipules pale, not very silvery, connate for c. 1/2 of length and forming a short sheath, broadly triangular, subacute to acute, 1-1.5-(2) × 1-2 mm. Infl. a dichasium, few-flowered. Pedicels (1)-2-6-(10) mm long, with glandular hairs. Sepals obtuse, 2-3.5 mm long, with glandular hairs; margins scarious. Petals pink or white, < sepals. Stamens 1-5-(8). Capsule c. = to slightly > sepals. Seeds ovoid, brown, smooth, not winged, 0.5-0.6 mm long.
Taxonomic concepts
Arenaria marina (L.) All.
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
Arenaria rubra var. β marina L.
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
Spergularia marina (L.) Griseb.
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
Spergularia marina (L.) Griseb.
Spergularia rubra var. elongata (Fenzl) Hook.f.
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
Spergularia rubra var. marina Hook.f.
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
Spergularia rupestris var. elongata Fenzl
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
Spergularia salina J.Presl. & C.Presl.
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
Historic biostatus
Uncertain
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Adams et al. 2008 claim S. marina is indigenous in Australia. They remain vague about its status in New Zealand.
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
2 April 2024