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Large-flowered sand-spurrey (Spergularia macrotheca var. macrotheca) is a low perennial in the Caryophyllaceae or pink/carnation family. It forms a spreading mat of light-green or gray-green stems, with fleshy leaves. Itblooms with profuse star-shaped pink and white blooms in spring and through the summer.
This plant grows in salt flats, marshes, dunes, rocky outcrops, coastal bluffs, floodplains, vernal pools and alkaline fields. Along the coast, it can often be found just above the high tide line, well within the salt spray zone.
As a garden plant, it is drought tolerant and needs good drainage.
Perennial herb
Wetland-Riparian
Native Here Nursery. “Spergularia macrotheca var. macrotheca.” Native Here Nursery, https://nativeherenursery.org/product/spergularia-macrotheca-var-macrotheca/. Accessed 30 May 2025.
California Native Plant Society, Yerba Buena Chapter. “Large-Flowered Sand-Spurrey (Spergularia macrotheca var. macrotheca).” CNPS Yerba Buena Chapter, https://cnps-yerbabuena.org/large-flowered-sand-spurrey-spergularia-macrotheca-var-macrotheca/. Accessed 30 May 2025.
Jepson Flora Project. “Spergularia macrotheca var. macrotheca.” Jepson eFlora, University of California, Berkeley, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=66606. Accessed 30 May 2025.