Boccone's sandspurry

Description

Spergularia bocconei,Boccone's sandspurry,Greek sea-spurrey or Boccone's sea-spurrey is a species of the Spergularia genus,in the Caryophyllaceae family.It is named after the Sicilian botanist Paolo Boccone.Scheele first published it as Alsine bocconi in 1843 It was transferred to the genus Spergularia by Graebner in 1919.Pedersen placed the species in genus Spergula in 1984.