Noun: Spergularia rubra
- Prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America
"Spergularia rubra carpeted the coastal dunes";
- sand spurry, sea spurry
Type of: weed
Part of: genus Spergularia, Spergularia
Encyclopedia: Spergularia rubra