Spergularia media

(Linnaeus) C. Presl

Fl. Sicul. 161. 1826.

Common names:  Greater sea-spurrey spergulaire moyenne spergulaire marginée  
IntroducedIllustrated
Basionym: Arenaria media Linnaeus Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1: 606. 1762
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 21. Mentioned on page 17, 22.
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Distribution

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Ont., Que., Calif., Colo., Ill., Ind., Mass., Mich., Mont., N.Dak., N.Mex., N.Y., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., Utah, Wyo., coastal Europe, Asia, Africa (Mediterranean region), widely

Discussion

Varieties 5 (1 in the flora).

Although a proposal to reject Spergularia media as a confused name (J. Lambinon 1981) was rejected, some authors still favor that argument, preferring to use the name S. maritima for this species.

Spergularia media is one of the “highway halophytes” (A. A. Reznicek 1980) that have spread along highways that are heavily salted during the winter, where saline areas have been created. Spergularia distribution has been investigated in Ohio (A. W. Cusick 1983), where such records were first noted in the early 1970s.

Selected References

None.

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perigynous +  and hypogynous +
acute;obtuse +
Ronald L. Hartman +  and Richard K. Rabeler +
(Linnaeus) C. Presl +
Arenaria media +
threadlike +  and linear +
succulent +
smaller +
 Greater sea-spurrey +, spergulaire moyenne +  and spergulaire marginée   +
dish--shaped +
expanded +
Ont. +, Que. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Mont. +, N.Dak. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, Utah +, Wyo. +, coastal Europe +, Asia +, Africa (Mediterranean region) +  and widely +
peripheral +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
stalked +  and simple +
dish or cupshaped +
cup-shaped +  and dish +
0-8+-compound +, simple +  and branching +
cluster +  and opposite +
distinct +
swollen +
3 +  and 5 +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
downward;ascending;erect divergently spreading reflexed or arching +
perigynous +  and hypogynous +
white +  and pink +
fugacious +
partial +  and complete +
light;dark-brown reddish-brown or black +
smooth +  and variously sculptured +
laciniate +  and compressed +
membranous +
not +  and hooded +
persistent +
lanceolate;ovate +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Introduced +  and Illustrated +
1 +  and 10 +
simple +  and freely branching +
erect;sprawling +
[30 +  and 3 +
papillate +
white +  and tan +
acuminate +  and widely triangular +
nearly +  and distinct +
filiform +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Delia +  and Lepigonum +
Spergularia media +
Spergularia +
species +
divided +
not rhizomatous +  and taprooted +
perennial +  and annual +
pubescence of simple hairs or stalked glands +  and glabrous +