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Spergularia rubra (Sand Spurrey) |
Spergularia rubra (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 rubra(L.) Presl
Published in Fl. Cechica 94 (1819) | 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) : | Sand Spurrey, Red Sand Spurrey | Maltese name(s) : | Arenarja roża | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common
[Frequent] Scarce Rare
Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
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-Jun | Colour of Flowers: | Pink |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Sandy soils |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Annual to perennial with slender to somewhat woody taproot; stems 5-25 cm, diffuse, decumbent or procumbent. Leaves very fasciculate; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, silvery. Bracts of the inflorescence almost as large as the leaves. Sepals and petals 3-4 mm; petals uniformly pink; stamens (5-)10. Capsule 4-5 mm, about equalling the sepals. Seeds 0.45-0.55 mm, unwinged, dark brown, subtrigonous. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=36, 54 |
Distributional range: |
Throughout Europe |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
All Europe except the Azores, Doubtful in Crete, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Russia and former USSR, Svalbard archipelago |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
Ab(A) AE(G) Ag Al Au(A) Be Bl(I M N) Br Bu Co Cr Ct -Cy Da Eg Es Fe Ga(F) Ge Gr Hb(E) He Ho Hs(A S) Hu IJ It La Li -LS Lt Lu -Ma Mk Mo Po Rm Sa Si(M S) Sk Sl Sn Su Tu(A E) Uk -Uk(K) [Rf(N)] |
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