Species: Spergularia salina
Saltmarsh Sandspurry
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Spergularia
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
salt sandspurry
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Pink Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Caryophyllales - Caryophyllaceae - Spergularia - As treated by Kartesz (1994 checklist and 6/99 review draft dataset), includes Spergularia marina.
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
An annual, halophytic plant
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1995-12-14
Global Status Last Changed
1993-02-14
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
(Usually described under the synonym Spergularia marina) Quebec to British Columbia, south along coast to Florida and locally inland to central New York, Illinois, Texas, and New Mexico. West coast from Washington to southern California. Also in Eurasia, Baja California, and South America. Records of this species from coastal regions of North America are native, while inland occurrences are adventive due to the use of de-icing salt, except at natural saltsprings where it may be native (Argus and White 1982).