PLANTS Profile for Spergularia macrotheca (sticky sandspurry)

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PLANTS Profile

Spergularia macrotheca (Hornem.) Heynh.
sticky sandspurry

Symbol:

SPMA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Spergularia macrotheca (Hornem.) Heynh.

Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Spergularia macrotheca (Hornem.) Heynh.

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Distribution:
Spergularia macrotheca (Hornem.) Heynh.


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USA (CA, OR, WA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Spergularia macrotheca (Hornem.) Heynh.

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 12 species in Spergularia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Spergularia macrotheca (Hornem.) Heynh. var. leucantha (Greene) B.L. Rob.. .

Spergularia macrotheca var. leucantha
sticky sandspurry

Distribution of Spergularia macrotheca (Hornem.) Heynh. var. longistyla R.P. Rossb.. .

Spergularia macrotheca var. longistyla
sticky sandspurry

Distribution of Spergularia macrotheca (Hornem.) Heynh. var. macrotheca. . Image Available.

Spergularia macrotheca var. macrotheca
sticky sandspurry

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Spergularia macrotheca (Hornem.) Heynh.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Spergularia (Pers.) J. Presl & C. Presl – sandspurry
Species	Spergularia macrotheca (Hornem.) Heynh. – sticky sandspurry

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Spergularia macrotheca (Hornem.) Heynh.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FAC+

FAC

FAC+

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Spergularia macrotheca (Hornem.) Heynh.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20158.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 02:45 PM CDT