[The Pink Family in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Sand Spurrys of the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Spergularia

Flower and upper stem leaves of Red Sandspurry, Sand Spurry: Spergularia rubra (Synonym: Arenaria rubra)

Red Sandspurry: Sperbularia rubra

Alkali Sandspurry: Spergularia diandra - Annual. Leaves fleshy, not tipped with a sharp, narrow point. Leaves less than 1 mm wide. Herbage with many gland-tipped hairs throughout.

Red Sandspurry, Sand Spurry: Spergularia rubra (Synonym: Arenaria rubra) - Annual. Leaves not fleshy, but tipped with a sharp, narrow point. Leaves generally more than 1 mm wide. Herbage glabrous or with some gland-tipped hairs above.

Salt Sandspurry, Saltmarsh Sandspurry: Spergularia salina var. salina (Synonyms: Spergularia marina, Spergularia marina var. tenuis, Spergularia salina var. tenuis)


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