Sand Spurrey Spergularia rubra Cabróis dhuimhche Family: Caryophyllaceae Flowering time: May-September. Annual. Native. Lilac-pink flowers with 5 petals, the petals shorter than the sepals. Unwinged seeds. Sepals and flower stalks are more/less sticky-hairy but lower parts of the plant are hairless. The whorls of narrow, non-fleshy, dull green leaves have silvery stipules at the base and the leaves end in a short bristle. Branches are more/less prostrate. To 30cm. Rare, on free-draining, un-shaded sand or gravel soils. Similar: Rock sea-spurrey, S. rupicola. Petals same length as sepals

Sand Spurrey, Spergularia rubra, Cabróis dhuimhche