Spergularia villosa

Spergularia villosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Spergularia
Species: S. villosa
Binomial name
Spergularia villosa
(Pers.) Camb.

Spergularia villosa is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name hairy sandspurry.[1] It is native to southern South America, and it is known in the southwestern United States and Baja California as an introduced species and casual weed. It grows in a wide variety of habitat types. It is a small perennial herb producing a sprawling stem up to 30 centimeters long with a woody base. It is coated in glandular hairs. The leaves are generally linear in shape and measure a few centimeters long. They are accompanied by dull white lance-shaped stipules. The flowers have hairy, glandular sepals and five oval whitish petals.

References

  1. ↑ "Spergularia villosa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 25 November 2015.


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