CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Spergularia macrotheca (Hornem.) Heynh. var. longistyla R. Rossbach

Mt. Diablo, Contra Costa Co.
Coll. J. Burtt Davy
May 1898
UC Herbarium #70199
UCMP-SFES #51

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Morphology, Distribution, and Habitat (After Mason, 1957)

The capsule is about as long as the calyx. The plant is found in the margins of salt marshes near the coast from Washington to Baja California, Mexico.