Spergularia rubra
Spergularia rubra
Remilotu
Annual or perennial herb with slender or somewhat woody tap-root. Stems 5-25 cm, diffuse, decumbent or procumbent. Leaves awned, not fleshy, very fasciculate; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, silvery. Bracts of the inflorescence almost as large as leaves. Sepals and petals 3-5 mm, the petals uniformly pink. Stamens 10. Capsule 4-5 mm, about as long as the sepals. Seeds 0,45-0,55 mm, unwinged, dark brown, subtrigonous. Fl. 4-8. Sandy places , s.I.-2500 m.
Widespread in N hemisphere; introduced in Australia.
