Spergularia rubra
Common name
Sand spurrey
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
SPERUB
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
Red/Pink, Yellow
Year naturalised
1878
Origin
N. Hemisphere
Etymology
rubra: Red