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Red Sand Spurry Introduced Geotagged,Spergularia rubra,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

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  1. This is the plant that got me interested in the roadside "weeds" that grow on the sand and gravel shoulders. Posted 6 years ago

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''Spergularia rubra'', the red sand spurrey or red sandspurry, is a plant species in the pink family. It is native to Europe and Asia, and it is present on other continents, including North and South America and Australia, as an introduced species and in many areas a common weed. It grows in a wide variety of habitat types. It is an annual or perennial herb producing a slender, glandular stem up to about 25 centimeters long. It is lined with slightly fleshy linear or threadlike leaves each under.. more

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Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Jul 16, 2015. Captured Jul 14, 2015 13:29 in Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, National Forest Development Road 3530, Cle Elum, WA 98922, USA.
  • X-E1
  • f/1.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO200
  • 50mm