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Rock sea-spurrey, Spergularia rupicola, Cabróis na gcloch
Photographs: Galley Head, Co. Cork

Rock sea-spurrey
Spergularia rupicola
Cabróis na gcloch
Family: Caryophyllaceae

Flowering time: June-September. Perennial. Native.

Pink or whitish flowers with 5 petals that are the same length as the sepals and 10 stamens. Un-winged seeds. The whorls of fleshy, narrow, pointed leaves sometimes have silvery stipules at the base of the whorls. Stems, leaves and flower buds are sticky-hairy. Height/spread 5-15cm.

Coastal on rocks, cliffs, ledges, walls and in short grassland.

Similar: Greater Sea-Spurrey , S. media is hairless


Rock sea-spurrey, Spergularia rupicola, Cabróis na gcloch

Rock sea-spurrey, Spergularia rupicola, Cabróis na gcloch
Rock sea-spurrey, Spergularia rupicola, Cabróis na gcloch

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