Family: Caryophyllaceae Genus: SpergulariaSpecies description: Annual or biennial with slender tap-root. Stems 2-25 cm, slender. Stipules lanceolate, acuminate, silvery. Inflorescence often slender, bracteate. Sepals 2.5-4 mm; petals 3-4.5 mm, uniformely 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
Field Notes:
Habitat: Sandy waste places (not "halophilous" = "highly saline")
Distribution: Iberian peninsula ?Ga Hs ?It Lu Found: S.Spain: E.Sierra Morena Date: 6/13/93 Flora Europea:1-154 Literatuur:Notes: needed: better close of flower
Pictures: A.Voswinkel, The Netherlands email: aart@knoware.nl