OregonFlora: Spergula arvensis

	Spergula arvensis
	corn spurrey, stickwort
Stems	10–40+ cm, often branched at base, glabrous or usually glandular-hairy.
Leaves	1–5 cm; margins often strongly revolute.
Inflorescences	bracts often purplish; pedicels erect to ascending in flower, spreading to reflexed in fruit.
Flowers	sepals elliptic to ovate, 2.5–5 mm; petals elliptic to ovate, 2.5–4 mm.
2n	=18, 36.

	Spergula arvensis
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Discussion	Disturbed areas, cultivated fields, open fields, beaches. Flowering Apr–Jun. 0–400 m. Casc, CR, ECas, Est, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, WA; scattered throughout much of northern North America; worldwide. Exotic.
Source	Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 576 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman
Synonyms	Spergula arvensis ssp. arvensis, Spergula arvensis var. arvensis, Spergula arvensis var. sativa
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Spergula arvensis

corn spurrey, stickwort

Stems

10–40+ cm, often branched at base, glabrous or usually glandular-hairy.

Leaves

1–5 cm;

margins often strongly revolute.

Inflorescences

bracts often purplish;

pedicels erect to ascending in flower, spreading to reflexed in fruit.

Flowers

sepals elliptic to ovate, 2.5–5 mm;

petals elliptic to ovate, 2.5–4 mm.

=18, 36.

Spergula arvensis

Distribution

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Discussion

Disturbed areas, cultivated fields, open fields, beaches. Flowering Apr–Jun. 0–400 m. Casc, CR, ECas, Est, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, WA; scattered throughout much of northern North America; worldwide. Exotic.

Source

Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 576
Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman

Synonyms

Spergula arvensis ssp. arvensis, Spergula arvensis var. arvensis, Spergula arvensis var. sativa

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