View source for Spergularia media var. media

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|name=Spergularia marginata
|authority=Kittel
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|name=Spergularia maritima
|authority=(Linnaeus) Chiovenda
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|hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Polycarpoideae;Spergularia;Spergularia media;Spergularia media var. media
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Caryophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Caryophyllaceae subfam. Polycarpoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Spergularia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Spergularia media]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Spergularia media var. media]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
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|treatment_page=page 21
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual or short-lived perennial with branching caudex, stout, 7–30 cm, glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular distally. <b>Taproots</b> slender to moderately stout. <b>Stems</b> erect to ascending or prostrate, much-branched proximally; main stem 1–4 mm diam. proximally. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules inconspicuous, dull white, broadly triangular, 2.6–6 mm, apex acuminate to spine-tipped; blade linear to broadly so, 0.5–3.5 cm, distinctly fleshy, apex apiculate to spine-tipped; axillary leaf clusters mostly absent, sometimes of 2–4 leaves. <b>Cymes</b> simple or 3+-compound. <b>Pedicels</b> reflexed and oriented to 1 side in fruit. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals connate 0.3–1 mm proximally, lobes often 3-veined, lanceolate to ovate, 2.5–5 mm, to 7 mm in fruit, margins 0.1–0.5 mm wide, apex obtuse to rounded; petals white to apically pink, elliptic to obovate, 0.8–1 times as long as sepals; stamens 9–10; styles 0.5–1 mm. <b>Capsules</b> tan, (4.5–)5.5–7(–8) mm, 1.2–1.4 times as long as sepals. <b>Seeds</b> dark reddish brown, submarginal groove absent, broadly ovate, compressed, 0.8–1.1 mm, ± smooth, not papillate; wings usually present, white to reddish brown, 0.3–0.5 mm wide, margins irregular. <b>2n</b> = 18, 36? (both Europe).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Salt flats, salt marshes, sandy beaches, saline highway edges (Great Lakes region)
|elevation=0-1700 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Calif.;Colo.;Ill.;Ind.;Mass.;Mich.;Mont.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;Utah;Wyo.;coastal Europe except ne;Asia;Africa (Mediterranean region);introduced widely elsewhere including South America;e Asia;Australia.
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name=Spergularia media var. media
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|authority=unknown
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|synonyms=Spergularia marginata;Spergularia maritima
|basionyms=
|family=Caryophyllaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Salt flats, salt marshes, sandy beaches, saline highway edges (Great Lakes region)
|elevation=0-1700 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Calif.;Colo.;Ill.;Ind.;Mass.;Mich.;Mont.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;Utah;Wyo.;coastal Europe except ne;Asia;Africa (Mediterranean region);introduced widely elsewhere including South America;e Asia;Australia.
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|reference=None
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|subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Polycarpoideae
|genus=Spergularia
|species=Spergularia media
|variety=Spergularia media var. media
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