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Spergularia purpurea (Purple Sand-Spurrey) |
Spergularia purpurea (CARYOPHYLLACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Spergularia purpurea(Persoon) G. Don
Published in Gen. Syst. 1: 425 (1831) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Caryophyllaceae
Juss. (The Pink or Carnation Family)
39 species from the Caryophyllaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Purple Sand-Spurrey | Maltese name(s) : | Maltese name not known | Status for Malta : | Casual or accidental alien species introduced in Malta rather recently and which is short-lived or resticted in small populations for a short time without becoming widespread. | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare Very Rare
Extinct | Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: Soon to be updated...
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Feb-Apr | Colour of Flowers: | Violet or Pink | Remarks : | Spergularia is a rather difficult Genus and further extensive study is required to confirm the species of this Genus on the Maltese islands. |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Sandy waste places |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Population recorded on disturbed ground in Manoel island persisted till the early eighties. Not recorded again |
Botanical Description: |
Annual or biennial with slender taproot; stems 2-25 cm, slender. Stipules lanceolate, acuminate, silvery. Inflorescence often slender, bracteate. Sepals 2.5-4 mm; petals 3-4.5 mm, uniformly rose-purple, exceeding the sepals; stamens 10. Capsule 2.5-3.5 mm, shortly stipitate, equalling or somewhat exceeding the sepals. Seeds 0.45-0.6 mm, unwinged, dark brown or black, finely tuberculate. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=18, 36 |
Distributional range: |
Spain and Portugal |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Portugal |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
? -Ga(F) Hs(S) ?It Lu Ma |
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