Corn Spurry

(Spergula arvensis)

Corn Spurry

Characteristics
Seedling Leaves & Flowers Fruit
Corn spurry seedling corn spurry leaf flower

corn spurry seedhead

Growth habits: Ascending or spreading erect annual herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from finely branched taproot

Leaf anatomy: Threadlike leaves, opposite but apparently whorled around stem

Reproduction: Flower corolla regular, white, 5 petals in terminal clusters

References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice