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Spergularia marina (L.) Besser

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Spergularia marina (L.) Besser, Enum. Pl. [Besser] 97 (1822)
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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(L.) Besser
L.
Besser
1822
97
ICN
species
Spergularia marina

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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.

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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

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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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Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
New Zealand
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
New Zealand
Otago Land District

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8a450f49-706b-4f6b-a0d4-bd4c57fbaf08
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
2 April 2024
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