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Spergularia bocconei (Boccone's Sea-Spurrey) |
Spergularia bocconei (CARYOPHYLLACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Spergularia bocconei(Scheele) Graebner
Published in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1): 849 (1919) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Caryophyllaceae
Juss. (The Pink or Carnation Family)
39 species from the Caryophyllaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Boccone's Sea-Spurrey, Greek Sea-Spurrey, Large-flowered Sand Spurrey | Maltese name(s) : | Maltese name not known | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent Scarce
Rare Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Summer | Colour of Flowers: | Pink | Remarks : | Spergularia is a rather difficult Genus and further extensive study is required to confirm the species of this Genus on the Maltese islands. At least Spergularia bocconei is one of the confirmed species. The flowers are quite similar to Rhodalsine geniculata, the latter distinguished by having the sepals shorter from the petals. |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Annual or biennial with slender taproot; stems 5-25 cm, slender, densely glandular-hairy in the inflorescence. Leaves not fasciculate; stipules triangular, not acuminate. Upper bracts much reduced. Sepals 2-3.5 mm; petals pink, with white base or entirely white, somewhat shorter than or equalling the sepals; stamens (0-)2-5(-8). Capsule 2-3.5 mm, equalling or shorter than the sepals. Seeds 0.35-0.45 mm, unwinged, light greybrown, finely tuberculate. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=36 |
Distributional range: |
S. & W. Europe, mainly near the coast |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
the Azores, the Balaeric Islands, Britain (excl. Northern Ireland and Channel islands), Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
? AE(G) Ag Bl(I M N) Br dCa(C F G H L P T) Co Cr Ct Cy Eg Ga(F) Gr Hs(S) IJ It Li LS Lu Ma Md(D M P) Sa Si(S) -Sn Tn Tu(A E) [Az(C F G J L M P S T)] |
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