Corn Spurry

Spergula arvensis L.

Caryophyllaceae (Pink Family)

▲ young plant sprouts

▲ young mature plants, just beginning to flower

▲▼stems, showing whorl-like leaf arrangement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

▲ flowers

▲▼ older mature plants, showing tangled mass of growth

Corn Spurry:

·         winter annual or summer annual with linear leaves appearing in whorls at nodes

·         moderate branching from central stem coming from the taproot

·         branches more horizontal, with long internodes and may be sticky to touch

·         flowers tiny, white, five-petaled on long stalks from upper nodes on plant; seeds tiny and black

·         found in open turf, in moist, fertile soils, gardens, disturbed sites