Spergularia marina (L.) Besser, 1822 37% complete

Saltmarsh sandspurry

Enum. Pl.: 97 (1822)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Spergularia marina, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced6 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded13 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Besser No source recorded
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Bibliography Enum. Pl.: 97 (1822) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1822 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Saltmarsh sandspurry No source recorded
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Observations Temp. Northern Hemisphere, S. South America to Falkland Is. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 18 cm
  • 17.7 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 86, 174, 178, 500, 598, 882, 897
Differs from sources
Flower color purple Differs from sources
Fruit shape capsule Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
Source not recorded
Maximum height empty No source recorded
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Rejected 15.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 86, 174, 178, 500, 598, 882, 897 below the average height (18 cm) of the same record
Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months feb Sourced
Duration annual, biennial, perennial
  • annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 86, 178, 882, 918
Sourced
Fruit months empty Not on the record
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 7 / 9 · humid air No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ground humidity 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous)
  • 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light 8 / 9 · light Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 8 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ph minimum pH 7.5 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Soil nutriments 7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 8 / 9 · very strongly saline (polyhaline)
  • 6 / 9 · moderately to strongly saline (meso-euhaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Differs from sources
Other
Halophyte status — Not on the record
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record