Spergula morisonii

Pearlwort Spurrey

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassMagnoliopsida
4. OrderCaryophyllales
5. FamilyCaryophyllaceae

Native toAlgeria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Northwest European Russia, Norway

Observations1,258

Observations recorded43,908

Plants glabrous or densely pubescent or glandular. Stems often branched proximally, 5-35 cm. Leaf blades usually flat, 0.3-1.5(-2) cm, usually not channeled abaxially. Pedicels erect to ascen-ding, spreading or sometimes reflexed in fruit, sometimes secund. Flowers: sepals 3-4 mm; petals ovate, 3- 8 times as long as sepals in flower, apex obtuse; stamens usually 10. Capsule valves 3.5-6 mm. Seeds winged, lenticular, 0.9-1 mm wide, surface minutely roughened or low-tuberculate (50×), with marginal ring of tan, club-shaped papillae; wings light brown to brownish black, 0.2-0.3 mm wide. 2n = 18 (Europe).

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

1,612

With media

974

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Collections

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, DEK, ANSP, US, NCSC, BOUM

Recorded in

Poland, United States, Netherlands, France, Sweden

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Spergula

Image

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