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Taxon

Spergula arvensis L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 440. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 078.jpg

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 078.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 071.jpg

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 071.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 077.jpg

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 077.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast,  Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 063.jpg

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 063.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 066.jpg

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 066.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast,  Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 074.jpg

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 074.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 073.jpg

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 073.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 076.jpg

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 076.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 064.jpg

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 064.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 075.jpg

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 075.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 068.jpg

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 068.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 070.jpg

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 070.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 072.jpg

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 072.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 067.jpg

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 067.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 065.jpg

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 065.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 069.jpg

Spergula arvensis, CDavidson10908--CA. Mendocino Co. Coast, Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 069.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 67 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; introduced into 114 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, Southern America, and Other regions (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson, C 10908

June 25, 2006

Location

United States, California, Mendocino (Little River)

39.273056, -123.743333

Location Remarks

Van Damme State Park. Pygmy Forest. Off Highway 1, east of Little River.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Spergula

Specific Epithet

arvensis

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 11.6

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.9

Global rank

#49,654 of 335,497

Top 15%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →