Plants : CaryophyllaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Spergularia rubra (L.) J.S. & C.Presl

Sand Spurrey

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Spergularia rubra

Description: A lime-avoiding plant of open sandy or gravelly habitats, including lake shores, gravel pits, railway tracks etc. It is rare, but widely scattered across Northern Ireland.

All names: Spergularia rubra (L.) J.S. & C.Presl; Alsine rubra (L.) Crantz

Distribution Map from NBN: Spergularia rubra at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Spergularia rubra at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Spergularia rubra. (L.) J.S. & C.Presl. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3068. Accessed on 2026-11-02.