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1. Spergularia media (L.) Presl, Fl. Sic. 161. 1826. Blatter & Fernandez in J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 36 (4): 960.1933; Zohary, Fl. Palest. 1:123.1966; J. A. Ratter in Davis, Fl. Turk. 2:93.1967 & in Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 144:2 1980.
SHAHINA A. GHAZANFAR & YASIN J. NASIR
Arenaria marginata DC.Arenaria media L.Spergularia marginata (DC.) Kitt.
Perennial, 8-40 cm. Stem branched. ± erect, ascending or procumbent glabrous below, glandular above. Leaves 8-20 x 0.1 mm, linear, glabrous, apparently whorled at the nodes. Stipules lanceolate. Flowers solitary or in lax dichasia, Pedicel glandular, usually longer than the calyx Sepals 4-5 mm, ovate-lanceolate, glandular, green, with scarious margins. somewhat 3-nerved. Petals pale pink, ovate or violaceous, as the sepals. Stamens 10. Capsule c. 8 mm, ovoid, exceeding the sepals. Seeds compressed, smooth, somewhat obovate, with scarious white wings, entire or sometimes erose at the margin.
Fl. Per.: April-May.
Type: Europe, Herb. Linn. 585/23 (LINN).
Distribution: Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan & Turkmenistan.
Common in waste ground and cultivated fields.
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