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Spergularia bocconei (Scheele) Graebn.

Greek sea-spurrey (Caryophyllaceae)

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Spergularia bocconei is a small-flowered sea-spurrey, found mostly in the south-west, and possibly native at least in the Channel Islands.

St. Merryn (VC1: West Cornwall & Scillies); 2021-06-02

 Greek sea-spurrey / Spergularia bocconei: _Spergularia bocconei_ is a small-flowered sea-spurrey, found mostly in the south-west, and possibly native at least in the Channel Islands.

The pedicels of Spergularia bocconei are shorter than the fruits; the bracts are smaller than in Spergularia rubra and the capsules are held all to one side of the branch.

Falmouth (VC1: West Cornwall & Scillies); 2021-06-02

 Greek sea-spurrey / Spergularia bocconei: The pedicels of _Spergularia bocconei_ are shorter than the fruits; the bracts are smaller than in _Spergularia rubra_ and the capsules are held all to one side of the branch.

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