Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Spergula > Spergula villosaSpergula villosa (salt sandspurry)Synonyms: Arenaria alba var. villosa; Arenaria aprica (homotypic); Arenaria berteroana; Lepigonum arenarium; Lepigonum glandulosum; Lepigonum liebmannianum; Lepigonum murale; Lepigonum trachyspermum; Lepigonum villosum (homotypic); Spergularia aprica; Spergularia liebmanniana; Spergularia remotiflora; Spergularia rupestris (heterotypic); Spergularia villosa; Spergularia villosa var. berteroana; Spergularia villosa var. rupestris; Tissa aprica; Tissa glandulosa; Tissa media var. berteroana; Tissa villosa (homotypic) Spergularia villosa is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name hairy sandspurry. 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. |
Leaf Type [1] | Evergreen | Lifespan [2] | Annual | Structure [1] | Herb | | Height [2] | 3.937 inches (.1 m) | | Light Preference [3] | Mostly Sunny | Soil Acidity [3] | Neutral | Soil Fertility [3] | Intermediate | Soil Moisture [3] | Damp |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Acadia National Park |
II |
35996 |
Maine, United States |
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Assateague Island National Seashore |
II |
8621 |
Maryland, United States |
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Avon Gorge Woodlands |
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376 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast |
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160731 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Braunton Burrows |
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3328 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Cape Breton Highlands National Park |
II |
234333 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Cardigan Bay/ Bae Ceredigion |
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236876 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Chernye Zemli Biosphere Reserve Zapovednik |
IV |
621951 |
Russia |
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Daurskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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562659 |
Russia |
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Death Valley National Park |
II |
762125 |
California, Nevada, United States |
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Dee Estuary/ Aber Dyfrdwy |
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39057 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Dornoch Firth and Morrich More |
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21499 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
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5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Essex Estuaries |
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114016 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Exmoor Heaths |
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26455 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Farallon National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
352 |
California, United States |
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Fire Island National Seashore |
V |
9433 |
New York, United States |
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Firth of Tay & Eden Estuary |
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38085 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Fundy National Park |
II |
52716 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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Gateway National Recreation Area |
V |
1807 |
New Jersey, United States |
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Hill of Towanreef |
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4660 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Humber Estuary |
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90582 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Isles of Scilly Complex |
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66350 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Kinloch and Kyleakin Hills |
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13015 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Kouchibouguac National Park |
II |
59161 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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Laguna di Venezia |
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136417 |
Italy |
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Lewis Peatlands |
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69055 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Liepajas ezers |
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11228 |
Latvia |
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Lizard Point |
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34565 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Loch Moidart and Loch Shiel Woods |
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4341 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Lower River Spey – Spey Bay |
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1613 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Lyme Bay and Torbay |
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77215 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Mendip Limestone Grasslands |
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1032 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve |
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5901 |
California, United States |
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Moray Firth |
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373987 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay |
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151985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Norfolk Coast |
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7926 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Pennine Moors |
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254789 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Somerset and Mendip Bats |
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1387 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North York Moors |
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108930 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Padule della Trappola, Bocca d'Ombrone |
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1208 |
Italy |
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Palava Protected Landscape Area |
V |
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Czech Republic |
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Pape |
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127946 |
Latvia |
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Parco Del Somma-Vesuvio e Miglio D'Oro National Park |
II |
33648 |
Italy |
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Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol |
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341177 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pevensey Levels |
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8860 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Randu plavas |
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692 |
Latvia |
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Reserva de la Biosfera de Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve |
V |
1777 |
Spain |
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River Moriston |
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481 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Saguenay - St. Lawrence Marine Park National Marine Conservation Area |
II |
310822 |
Canada |
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Salzbrunnen am Rothenberg |
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1 |
Germany |
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San Dimas Biosphere Reserve |
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17161 |
California, United States |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren |
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182155 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Solent Maritime |
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27985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Solway Firth |
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107829 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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20317 |
South Carolina, United States |
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South Pennine Moors |
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160577 |
England, United Kingdom |
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South Wight Maritime |
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49082 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone |
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84204 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sunart |
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25320 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Taynish National Nature Reserve |
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Scotland, United Kingdom |
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The Broads |
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14554 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Wapusk National Park |
II |
2614324 |
Manitoba, Canada |
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Wood Buffalo National Park |
II |
11038545 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay |
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65440 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 2PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004) ♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 4Food Web Relationships of Northern Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca : a Synthesis of the Available Knowledge, Charles A. Simenstad, Bruce S. Miller, Carl F. Nyblade, Kathleen Thornburgh, and Lewis J. Bledsoe, EPA-600 7-29-259 September 1979 ♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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