Red Sand Spurrey or Purple Sandwort

Red Sand Spurrey or Purple Sandwort

Spergularia rubra

Pink Family - Caryophyllaceae

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Usually seen as mats of low (2 to 6 inches tall) extremely branching plants growing in sandy, dry or waste places. A terminal cluster of small pink flowers; each flower about ¼ inch wide with 5 petals and 5 sepals, the later longer than the petals. Leaves in tufts or whorls, about ½ to 1 inch long and very narrow. Photographed - June and July at Ottawa