Spergularia

Bracts inconspicuous Spergularia

Sepals pubescent, as long as the capsule or nearly so

Seeds not winged or occasionally a few winged

Stamens 6–10

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Stipules ± free, silvery, acuminate. Leaves with long awn, 1–4 cm long. Pedicels much longer than sepals and capsule. Petals 2.5–3.5 mm long, entirely pink. Stamens 10. Capsule c. 5 mm long. Widespread. Weed in gardens and waste places. Probably introd. from Europe. Fl. spring. Sand-spurrey Spergularia rubra

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Stipules not silvery, or acuminate. Leaves with a short mucro or awn. Pedicels shorter than or equal to the sepals and capsule. Petals c. 2 mm long, white or pink inside. Stamens 2–5. Capsule c. 3 mm long. Weed of various soils, often in salt affected-areas. Introd. from Europe and Mediterranean. Fl. spring–summer. Bocconi’s Sand-spurrey Spergularia bocconii