Spergularia flaccida(Madden) I.M.Turner

WFO wfo-0001281186 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Spergularia flaccida, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. a Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-27 / obs. 174161923
Spergularia flaccida, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. b Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174161933
Spergularia flaccida, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. c Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174161943
Spergularia flaccida, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. d Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174161950
Spergularia flaccida, photographed by Jacky Judas
fig. e Jacky Judas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 64196478
Spergularia flaccida, photographed by Jacky Judas
fig. f Jacky Judas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 64196480

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Spergularia flaccida is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Egypt, Libya, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, Selvagens, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Afghanistan, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Yemen, Assam, India, Pakistan, Sicilia AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMauritaniaMoroccoSelvagensSomaliaSudan-South SudanTunisiaWestern SaharaAfghanistanGulf StatesIranIraqKuwaitLebanon-SyriaOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiYemenAssamIndiaPakistanSicilia Canary Is.Madeira
Native distribution of Spergularia flaccida, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Madeira MDR
Mauritania MTN
Morocco MOR
Selvagens SEL
Socotra SOC
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tunisia TUN
Western Sahara WSA
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Gulf States GST
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kuwait KUW
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Yemen YEM
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
India IND
Pakistan PAK
Sicilia SIC EUROPE

Not drawn on the map: Socotra. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 3 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Arenaria flaccida Roxb.
  • Spergula flaccida (Madden) Asch.
  • Stipularia flaccida Madden

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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