Distribution in Egypt
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Nile region, Oases, Mediterranean region and Sinai.
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Global Distribution
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Europe, Mediterranean region, Southwest Asia.
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Associations
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In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / feeds on
Gronops lunatus feeds on Spergularia media
Other: major host/prey
Foodplant / parasite
sporangium of Peronospora obovata parasitises live Spergularia media
Foodplant / parasite
telium of Uromyces sparsus parasitises live Spergularia media
Comments
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Although a proposal to reject
Spergularia media as a confused name (J. Lambinon 1981) was rejected, some authors still favor that argument, preferring to use the name
S. maritima for this species.
Spergularia media is one of the “highway halophytes” (A. A. Reznicek 1980) that have spread along highways that are heavily salted during the winter, where saline areas have been created. Spergularia distribution has been investigated in Ohio (A. W. Cusick 1983), where such records were first noted in the early 1970s.
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Description
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Herbs perennial. Stems erect or decumbent, 15--30 cm tall, glandular hairy on inflorescence. Leaves not or rarely fasciculate, 1--2 cm × ca. 1 mm, fleshy, apex mucronate; stipules not silvery, lanceolate. Cymes sparse; bracts reduced. Sepals lanceolate or oblong-ovate, 5--7 × 1.5--2 mm. Petals pink, rarely white, oblong, equaling or somewhat exceeding sepals. Stamens (5 or)10. Capsule 1.5--2 × as long as calyx. Seeds dark brown, orbicular, ca. 1 mm, smooth or tuberculate, with membranous wing. Fl. May--Aug, fr. Aug--Oct. 2n = 18.
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Distribution
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Nei Mongol, Xinjiang [Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, Turkmenistan; N Africa, Europe, SW Asia].
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Habitat
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Saline soils, floodlands; ca. 1200 m.
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Synonym
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Arenaria media Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1: 606. 1762
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Synonym
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Arenaria media Linnaeus, Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 606. 1762; Spergularia marginata Kittel.
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Spergularia media
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Spergularia media (syn. S. maritima) is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names media sandspurry[2] and greater sea-spurrey.[3] It is native to Eurasia and the Mediterranean, where it grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas, including places with saline substrates, such as salt marshes and beaches. It is known in many other parts of the world as an introduced species and a common roadside weed. In North America it is a "highway halophyte", often springing up at the margins of roads that are heavily salted in the winter.[4]
Description
It is an annual or perennial herb producing a narrow stem lined with fleshy linear leaves. The small flowers are 8 to 12 mm across with five petals which are usually slightly longer than the sepals.[5] The five petals are oval white or pink-tinged. The tiny seeds have winged margins. It has 10 stamens.[5][6]
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Spergularia media: Brief Summary
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Spergularia media (syn. S. maritima) is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names media sandspurry and greater sea-spurrey. It is native to Eurasia and the Mediterranean, where it grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas, including places with saline substrates, such as salt marshes and beaches. It is known in many other parts of the world as an introduced species and a common roadside weed. In North America it is a "highway halophyte", often springing up at the margins of roads that are heavily salted in the winter.
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