Wetlands: Arid West: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands Mountains, Valleys and Coast: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands
[Wikipedia] Taxonomy: It is named after the Sicilian botanist Paolo Boccone. Scheele first published it as Alsine bocconi in 1843.[3] It was transferred to the genus Spergularia by Graebner in 1919.[4][5] Pedersen placed the species in genus Spergula in 1984. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
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