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Spergularia media
Also called Perennial Sea Spurrey, Coast Sand Spurrey, Intermediate Sand Spurrey, Media Sand Spurrey, Middle Size Sand Spurrey, Stout Sand Spurrey
Greater sea spurrey is a small, low-growing annual or short-lived perennial herb of salty shores and disturbed ground, not a shrub or a commonly grown garden plant. Its key trait is tolerance of salt and poor soil, so it suits coastal or roadside-style conditions rather than ordinary garden care.
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.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spergularia media by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
