Definition of Spergularia rubra

1. Noun. Prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America.

Exact synonyms: Sand Spurry, Sea Spurry
Group relationships: Genus Spergularia, Spergularia
Generic synonyms: Weed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spergularia Rubra

Spencer
Spencer Tracy
Spengler
Spens' syndrome
Spenser
Spenserian
Spenserian sonnet
Spenserian sonnets
Spenserian stanza
Spenserians
Spenserism
Spenserisms
Spergula
Spergula arvensis
Spergularia
Spergularia rubra (current term)
Sperry
Spetsai
Spetse
Spetses
Spey
Speyer
Sphacele
Sphacele calycina
Sphacelotheca
Sphacelotheca reiliana
Sphaeralcea
Sphaeralcea coccinea

Literary usage of Spergularia rubra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1900)
"The Spergularia rubra is an inconspicuous annual weed, found both in the United States and Europe, in dry, sandy situations, more commonly near the coast, ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Spergularia rubra Presi. FI. Cech. 93. 1819. Tissa rubra Britton, Bull. Torr. Club i6: 127. 1889. up to the inflorescence, glabrous or sparingly glandular- ..."

3. Flora of the State of Washington by Charles Vancouver Piper (1906)
"Spergularia rubra J. & C. Presl, Fl. Cech. 94. 1819. TYPE LOCALITY: Europe. RANGE: British Columbia to California. Atlantic States. Europe. ..."

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