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Caryophyllaceae

Lesser sea-spurrey

Spergularia marina (L.) Besser

Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Spergularia

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Lesser sea-spurrey: Lesser Sea-spurrey ( Spergularia marina ) An unobtrusive but fairly common plant in damp places by the sea.
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (24)
Arabic
بغلة الرامي, أبو غلام
Bulgarian
Морска коленчица
Chinese
牛漆姑, 拟漆姑, 牛漆姑草, 蛋不老, 擬漆姑
Czech
Kuřinka solná
Danish
Kødet hindeknæ
Dutch
Zilte schijnspurrie
English
Lesser sea-spurrey, Salt sandspurry
Estonian
Rand-sõlmhein
Finnish
Suolasolmukki
French
Spergulaire marine
German
Salz-Schuppenmiere
hsb
Sólny kołwróćik
Icelandic
Flæðaskurfa
Irish
Cabróis mhara bheag
Japanese
ウシオツメクサ
Korean
세발나물
Latvian
Jūrmalas pagaurs
Norwegian Bokmål
Saltbendel
Polish
Muchotrzew solniskowy
Slovak
Pakolenec slanomilný
Slovenian
Morska nitnica
Swedish
Saltnarv
Ukrainian
Стелюшок морський
Welsh
Troellig arfor bach

Synonyms

  • Alsine marginata C.A.Mey.
  • Alsine marina Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
  • Alsine salina Groves
  • Alsine salina (J.Presl & C.Presl) Heldmann
  • Alsinella media Hornem.
  • Arenaria marina Pall.
  • Arenaria maritima Steud.
  • Arenaria media DC.
  • Arenaria rubra subsp. marina (L.) Ehrh.
  • Arenaria rubra var. marina L.
  • Arenaria salina Ser.
  • Buda marina Dumort.
  • Buda marina (L.) Dum.
  • Buda marina var. minor S.Watson
  • Buda media var. marina Kuntze
  • Corion marinum (L.) N.E.Br.
  • Corion marinum var. leiospermum (Kindb.) N.E.Br.
  • Lepigonum leiospermum Kindb.
  • Lepigonum tenue Greene
  • Spergula marina Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.
  • Spergula salina D.Dietr.
  • Spergula salina var. faurei Maire
  • Spergula seminulifera (Hy) Maire
  • Spergularia dillenii Lebel
  • Spergularia leiosperma F.Schmidt
  • Spergularia marina var. marina
  • Spergularia marina var. tenuis (Greene) R.Rossbach
  • Spergularia rubra var. marina (L.) A.Gray
  • Spergularia salina J.Presl & C.Presl
  • Spergularia salina var. tenuis (Greene) Jeps.
  • Spergularia seminulifera Hy
  • Spergularia tenuis (Greene) B.L.Rob.
  • Stipularia marina (L.) Haw.
  • Tissa leiosperma A.Heller
  • Tissa marina Britton
  • Tissa tenuis (Greene) Greene

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.