genus Spergularia
Member of
pink family (family Caryophyllaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)
Except for extremely rare examples that I don't expect to encounter, there are no other wild species of this genus in the bay area.
There are other sand spurries in the bay area, but I’m hesitant to include them when the differences are so inconspicuous.
Jepson lists the lower main stem diameter as a distinguishing characteristic, but my experience is that it is wrong. It is therefore unclear how to distinguish species except by location. FNA says that “Spergularia is a difficult genus in which emphasis on seed characters appears necessary.”
sticky sand-spurrey
Spergularia macrotheca
hairy sandspurry
Spergularia villosa
saltmarsh sand spurry
Spergularia marina
boccone’s sand spurry
Spergularia bocconei
greater sea-spurrey
Spergularia media var. media
1 observed taxon / 7 unobserved taxons / 2 keys
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Chris’s observations: 28 (3 are research grade)
Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – Jepson eFlora – FNA
Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora
