Spergularia media (L.) C.Presl
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Caryophyllaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Erect or prostrate, much-branched annual or perennial to 40 cm, glabrous or sparsely glandular-puberulent above; lvs 1–5 cm × 0.8–2 mm, with short or no mucro; stipules deltoid, 1.5–6 mm; sep narrowly ovate, 3–6 mm; pet white (seldom pink), shorter than the sep; stamens (7–)9–10; fr 5–8 mm; seed 0.6–1.1 mm, smooth or minutely sculptured, the marginal wings 0.1–0.4 mm wide, entire or erose; 2n=18, 36. Native of Europe, intr. in salt flats and marshes in coastal and c. N.Y., and along salted highways in O., Mich., and Ill.; to be expected elsewhere in our range. (S. maritima)