Spergularia macrotheca
Member of
sand-spurries (genus Spergularia)
pink family (family Caryophyllaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)
There are no other wild members of this species anywhere.
Key features:
There are three yellow styles clustered on top of what I believe is the wider, 3-lobed yellow ovary. The styles separate near the top, where the stigma for each is. It is unclear how much of the separated portion is style vs. stigma.
beach sandspurry
Spergularia macrotheca var. macrotheca
white sticky sand spurry
Spergularia macrotheca var. leucantha
long styled sand spurrey
Spergularia macrotheca var. longistyla
3 unobserved taxons / 1 key
Chris’s observations: none
Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA
Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora