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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Spergularia J.Presl & C.Presl

SPERGULARIA J. et C. Presl, 1819

Fls hermaphrodite or unisexual, in cymose infls. Sepals 5, free; petals 5, entire, sts 0; stamens 5-10; ovary 1-celled, ovules many, styles 3, free to base; valves of capsule 3. Annual to perennial low-growing herbs, lvs linear, opp., with pale scarious stipules. About 20 spp., cosmopolitan, mostly in saline areas.

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