Spergularia
General description:
♦ Spergularia J. & C. Presl, Fl. Cechica. 94. 1819. Boiss., F1. Or. 1:732.1867;; J. A. Ratter in Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 144:29.1980.
Annual or perennial herbs, usually with a woody base. Stems ± erect or decumbent. Leaves linear, opposite and decussate. Short stemmed leaf fascicles present in the leaf axils, the leaves thus appearing whorled. Stipules scarious, connate. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens 1-10. Styles 3. Capsule dehiscing by 3 valve Seeds often winged
A cosmopolitan genus of 40 species, mostly of saline and sandy habitat.