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Greater Sea-spurry
Spergularia media
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Saltmarsh Sand SpurrySpergularia marina
Red Sand SpurreySpergularia rubra
Corn spurreySpergula arvensis
hairy sandspurrySpergularia villosa
Rock Sea-spurreySpergularia rupicola
Spergularia tasmanica
Spergularia macrorrhiza
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 38,671 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 38,481 |
| South Africa | 133 |
| Western Cape | 122 |
| Ukraine | 118 |
| United Kingdom | 94 |
| England | 74 |
| Canada | 72 |
| Ontario | 68 |
| Austria | 58 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | pinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales |
| Family | pink family · Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus | Sand-Spurries · Spergularia |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Greater Sea-spurry with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.