Spergularia canadensis var. canadensis

Common names:  Canadian sand-spurrey spergulaire du Canada  
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 20.

Plants 3–25 cm, glabrous except pedicels rarely stipitate-glandular. Stems prostrate or decumbent, widely branched. Stipules 1–2.8 mm. Sepals 2.2–3.2 mm, to 4.5 mm in fruit, apex broadly rounded or blunt. Capsules 3.6–5.2 mm, 1.5–2 times as long as sepals. Seeds 0.9–1.4 mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Coastal salt marshes, brackish river margins, moist beach sand
Elevation: 0-50 m

Distribution

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St. Pierre and Miquelon, N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., Nunavut, Ont., P.E.I., Que., Conn., Maine, Mass., N.H., N.Y., R.I.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Ronald L. Hartman +  and Richard K. Rabeler +
(Persoon) G. Don +
Arenaria canadensis +
 Canadian sand-spurrey +  and spergulaire du Canada   +
St. Pierre and Miquelon +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.S. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Conn. +, Maine +, Mass. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +  and R.I. +
0-50 m +
Coastal salt marshes, brackish river margins, moist beach sand +
Flowering summer. +
Delia +  and Lepigonum +
Spergularia canadensis var. canadensis +
Spergularia canadensis +
variety +