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Spergularia rupicola Lebel ex Le Jol. - Rock Sea-spurrey.

Perennial with more or less woody base; stems to 35cm, decumbent, glandular-hairy to well below inflorescence; sepals 4-4.5mm, about as long as petals; capsule 4.5-7mm; seeds not winged; 2n=36. Native; walls and rocky maritime places; locally common on coasts of Channel Islands, Ireland, Isle of Man, Wales, West England and South West Scotland.

Key:

• Flowers mostly >8mm across; sepals mostly >4mm; capsule mostly >5mm
• Plant glandular-hairy over most of stem, woody below