Corn Spurry

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