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Salt sandspurry

Spergularia marina

Description:

503 / 5000 Resultados de traducción Family: Carnation Family - Caryophyllaceae Height: 8-25 cm (3–10 in.) Flower: Regular (actinomorphic). Five petals, white. Five sepals, free. Five styles. Usually five stamens. Top-shaped inflorescence. Leaves: Opposite, but apparently whorled, without a petiole. Limbus linear, filiform. Membranous stipules. Furthermore, the lower leaves are clearly shorter than the internode. Fruit: Yellowish capsule with five valves. Clearly winged black seeds.

Habitat:

Rocky coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Fine soil in dry rocky outcrops dominated by lichens. Patches of exposed sand in dry forests. Marine coastline.

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eulalia rubio
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eulalia rubio

Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Spotted on Mar 16, 2021
Submitted on Mar 16, 2021

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