Spergularia bocconei (Scheele) Graebn.

Annual or biennial taprooted herb. Stems suberect or erect, densely covered in glandular hairs above, (3)–8–20 cm long. Lvs not fascicled, somewhat fleshy, linear, mucronate, the lower glabrous, the upper with glandular hairs, (3)–5–12–(15) × 0.5–0.8 mm. Stipules greyish, not silvery, shortly connate, not forming a sheath, triangular to ovate, acute, 2–2.5 × 1–1.5 mm. Infl. a racemoid monochasium, many-flowered. Pedicels 1.5–3 mm long, < sepals. Sepals with glandular hairs, obtuse, 2.5–3.5 mm long; margins scarious. Petals white or pink, < sepals. Stamens (0)–2–5–(8). Capsule < sepals. Seeds ovate, brown, finely papillate, 0.4–0.5 mm long, not winged.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Dec.–Mar.; Fruiting: Dec.–Mar.