Purple Spurrey

Appearance

Annual, biennial or perennial herbs. Stems from prostrate to erect, somewhat compressed, thickened at knots, often very branched at the base. Sheets decried, linear; Scraping stipules, welded at the base to sheathe the knot and form ± triangular structures on each side of the stem; Of presenting leaf fascicles - on short lateral branches - they do so only on one side of the knot. Inflorescences cimosas, terminal. Pentameter flowers, hypogynes. Sepalos free, herbaceous, with scarce margin, sometimes very broad. Whole petals, pink, white or bicolor. Stamens 1-10.

Status

It is not protected by Portuguese or European Community legislation.