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Spergularia tasmanica

Spergularia tasmanica
Photo: Jacqui Geux, CC BY 4.0

Spergularia tasmanica is a small, little-known sandwort-like plant from Tasmania, described in 2008 and rarely grown in gardens. Little is documented about its cultivation, so treat care advice as general guidance for the genus.

Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Sharply drained, sandy or gritty soil.
Temperature
Cool to mild temperate conditions; tolerates light frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Tasmania
Climate
temperate

About

Spergularia tasmanica is a species of flowering plant from the genus Spergularia. The species was originally described by L.G.Adams in 2008.

Other Spergularia plants

Blackseed sandspurry · Boccone's sandspurry · Canadian sandspurry · Alkali sandspurry · Sticky sandspurry · Lesser Sea-spurrey · Greater Sea Spurrey · Purple sandspurry · Red sandspurry · Cliff Sand Spurrey · Hairy sandspurry · Sandspurry

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spergularia tasmanica 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.

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