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Caryophyllaceae
Saltmarsh sandspurry
Spergularia marina
Also known as Lepigonum salinum, Spergularia tenuis var. involucrata, Alsinella media, Spergula coreana
Native Plants · Saltmarsh · Coastal Plant · Halophyte · Native · Saline Soil · Wetland · Groundcover · Restoration · Caryophyllaceae · Specialist
Saltmarsh sandspurry is a specialist coastal plant adapted to saline or brackish soils and is best suited for restoration or specialist native garden projects. It requires full sun to partial shade and consistently moist, salty soil conditions that are very difficult to replicate in a standard garden setting. This plant is rarely sold commercially and is primarily of interest to ecologists and native habitat restoration enthusiasts.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly, keeping soil consistently moist but never waterlogged; tolerates brackish conditions · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7.5–8
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 3 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil Northeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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