Spergula arvensis

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Family:CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Species:Spergula arvensis Linnaeus
Common Name:Corn Spurry
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:SPAR
Plant Notes:Corn Spurry is an introduced herbaceous annual in the Pink family (Caryophyllaceae). It is native to Europe, but now is a cosmopolitan weed of agricultural areas with sandy soils. In Alabama it occurs in the southern half of the state. Corn Spurry occurs in fallow fields and on roadsides. It is an annual with a tap root. The stems are erect or ascending and much-branched. Stems are green in color, glandular, and terete or slightly angular. Leaves are opposite but appear whorled, with 2 clusters per node of 8-15 leaves. Leaves are simple, linear, appearing terete, revolute with an abaxial channel, and glabrous or glandular pubescent. Flowers are produced in terminal diffuse cymes. Flowers are cup shaped with 5 silvery sepals and 5 white or pinkish petals. The fruit is a capsule. Corn Spurry is sometimes cultivated as cattle fodder in nutrient poor sandy soils. Suring the Stone Age in Europe its oil-rich seeds were collected and used to make porridge. Corn Spurry can be a serious weed of grain crops.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE - Pink family
Genus Spergula
Species Spergula arvensis Linnaeus - Corn Spurry

Citation

Citation SPERGULA ARVENSIS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 440. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data (lectotype: LINN 604.1). Lectotypified by Turrill, in Turrill & Milne-Redhead, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Caryophyllac. 11. 1956.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Alsine arvensis Alsine arvensis (Linnaeus) Crantz, Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 408. 1766.Spergula arvensis Linnaeus 1753. 
Alsine arvensis subsp. maxima Alsine arvensis (Linnaeus) Crantz, subsp. maxima (Weihe) G. Meyer, Chloris Han. 208. 1836.Spergula maxima Weihe 1824. 
Arenaria arvensis Arenaria arvensis (Linnaeus) Wallroth, Sched. Crit. 200. 1822.Spergula arvensis Linnaeus 1753. 
Spergula arvensis var. leiosperma Spergula arvensis Linnaeus, var. leiosperma Celakovsky, Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. Prag. 1881: 30. 1881.  
Spergula arvensis subsp. euarvensis Spergula arvensis Linnaeus, subsp. euarvensis Briquet, Prodr. Fl. Corse 1: 493. 1910, nom. inadmiss.Spergula arvensis Linnaeus 1753. 
Spergula arvensis var. maxima Spergula arvensis Linnaeus, var. maxima (Weihe) Alefeld, Landw. Fl. 108. 1866.Spergula maxima Weihe 1824. 
Spergula arvensis var. trachysperma Spergula arvensis Linnaeus, var. trachysperma Neilreich, Fl. Nied.-Oesterr. 781. 1858. AUSTRIA
Spergula arvensis var. vulgaris Spergula arvensis Linnaeus, var. vulgaris (Boenninghausen) Alefeld, Landw. Fl. 108. 1866.Spergula vulgaris Boenninghausen 1824. 
Spergula linicola Spergula linicola Boreau, Mém. Soc. Acad. Maine Loire 20: 14. 1865. FRANCE
Spergula maxima Spergula maxima Weihe, Arch. Apotheker-Vereins Noerdl. Teutschl. 8: 54. 1824; Weihe ex Boenninghausen, Prodr. Fl. Monast. Westphal. 136. 1824. WEST GERMANY:
Spergula praevisa Spergula praevisa Zinger, Trudy Bot. Sada Imp. Jur'evsk. Univ. 7: 85. 1906. U.S.S.R.
Spergula sativa Spergula sativa Boenninghausen, Prodr. Fl. Monast. Westphal. 135. 1824, nom. illegit.Spergula arvensis Linnaeus 1753. 
Spergula vulgaris Spergula vulgaris Boenninghausen, Prodr. Fl. Monast. Westphal. 135. 1824. GERMANY
Spergula arvensis var. sativa Spergula arvensis Linnaeus, var. sativa Alefeld, Landw. Fl. 108. 1866, nom. inadmiss.Spergula sativa Boenninghausen 1824, nom. illegit.; Spergula arvensis Linnaeus 1753. 
Spergularia arvensis Spergularia arvensis (Linnaeus) Cambessedes, in A. Saint-Hilaire, Fl. Bras. Merid. 2: 179. 1829.Spergula arvensis Linnaeus 1753. 
Stellaria arvensis Stellaria arvensis (Linnaeus) Scopoli, Fl. Carniol., ed. 2. 1: 318. 1771.Spergula arvensis Linnaeus 1753. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Coosa, Covington, Escambia, Houston, Lee, Mobile

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, BRIT, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
USAM000003652 Mobile 01 Apr 1969 LeLong, Michel G.
5050		 USAM
Spergula arvensis Linnaeus
TROY000044940 Autauga 19 Mar 2017 Diamond, Alvin R.
27785		 TROY
Spergula arvensis Linnaeus
AMAL00016273 Baldwin 28 Jan 2009 Barger, T. Wayne
427		 AMAL
Spergula arvensis Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_62862 Lee 1 May 1959 Adcock, Larry W.
 AUA
Spergula Arvensis L.
AUA_ACC_8128 Lee 22 Feb 1960 Jones, Jr., Samuel B.
 AUA
Spergula Arvensis L.
AUA_ACC_2204 Lee 21 Apr 1934 Crowder, J.T.
 AUA
Spergula Arvensis L.
UWAL0039856 Autauga 19 Mar 2017 Diamond, Alvin R.
27785		 UWAL
Spergula arvensis Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_2289 Lee 27 Apr 1964 Creel, John
 AUA
Spergula Arvensis L.
AUA_ACC_65714 Baldwin 26 Dec 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
16098		 AUA
Spergula Arvensis L.
AUA_ACC_2202 Lee 10 May 1926 Stough, G.L.
 AUA
Spergula Arvensis L.
AUA_ACC_2205 Lee 25 Apr 1936 Garrett, W.L.
 AUA
Spergula Arvensis L.
AUA_ACC_2207 Lee 12 May 1949 Haynes, Robert M.
 AUA
Spergula Arvensis L.
TROY000047679 Autauga 14 Mar 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
450		 TROY
Spergula arvensis Linnaeus
UWAL0008552 Baldwin 21 Feb 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5038		 UWAL
Spergula arvensis L.
AUA_ACC_72045 Lee 20 Mar 2014 Mincey, K.A.
2		 AUA
Spergula Arvensis L.
AUA_ACC_11471 Lee 22 Apr 1959 Beckert, Heino
 AUA
Spergula Arvensis L.
AUA_ACC_11387 Lee 2 Apr 1966 Searcy, James W.
 AUA
Spergula Arvensis L.
AMAL00009402 Baldwin 26 Dec 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
16098		 AMAL
Spergula arvensis Linnaeus
JSU121469 Lee 28 Mar 1964 Bozarth, Gene A.
s.n.		 JSU
Spergula arvensis Linnaeus
AMAL00018996 Baldwin 21 Feb 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5038		 AMAL
Spergula arvensis Linnaeus
TROY000028768 Baldwin 21 Feb 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5038		 TROY
Spergula arvensis Linnaeus
BRIT67496 Houston 14 Mar 1994 MacDonald, John R.
6974		 BRIT
Spergula arvensis Linnaeus
UWAL0043756 Baldwin 27 Mar 2001 Larsen, Harry S.
731		 UWAL
Spergula arvensis L.
UNA00033703 Mobile _ Mar 1882 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Spergula arvensis L.
UWAL0046511 Autauga 14 Mar 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
450		 UWAL
Spergula arvenis Linnaeus
UWAL0008553 Escambia 29 Mar 1980 Kral, Robert
66784		 UWAL
Spergula arvensis L.
AUA_ACC_10159 Lee 30 Apr 1962 Bass, M.H.
 AUA
Spergula Arvensis L.
AUA_ACC_2201 Lee 7 Apr 1921 Anonymous
 AUA
Spergula Arvensis L.
USAM000003651 Baldwin 09 Apr 1977 LeLong, Michel G.
9652		 USAM
Spergula arvensis Linnaeus
TROY000045625 Autauga 14 Mar 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
450		 TROY
Spergula arvenis Linnaeus
ALNHS00004641 Baldwin 08 Mar 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2911		 ALNHS
Spergula arvensis L.
TROY000047526 Covington 09 Feb 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
28738		 TROY
Spergula arvensis Linnaeus
UWAL0039797 Covington 09 Feb 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
28738		 UWAL
Spergula arvensis L.
TROY000047499 Houston 07 Feb 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
28735		 TROY
Spergula arvensis Linnaeus
UWAL0039200 Houston 07 Feb 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
28735		 UWAL
Spergula arvensis Linnaeus
JSU121468 Coosa 11 May 1999 Kral, Robert
88340		 JSU
Spergula arvensis Linnaeus
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