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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : sprar

Scientific name: Spergula arvensis L.

Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Spergula vulgaris Boenn, Spergula sativa Boenn, Spergula maxima Weihe , Spergula linicola Boreau.

Classification: Caryophyllaceae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: corn spurrey

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Acker-Spörgel ; ES : esparcilla ; FR : spergule des champs ; IT : renaiola comune ; PT : esparguta ; EN : corn spurrey ; NL : gewone spurrie ; DK : almindelig spergel

Biological type: Annual

Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshotSeedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons very narrow and short (few mm long).

- Leaves entire, elongate, rounded tip.

Adult plant snapshot Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 10-40 cm. Plant often viscid above.

- Stem erect or spreading.

- Leaves lower in rosette, filiform. Leaves linear awl -shaped, bright-green, channelled beneath; broad stipules.

- Flowers white, small, in irregular cymes ; fruiting pedicels re-erecting, slender, longer than the calyx ; sepals and petals ovate -obtuse, equal; usually 10 stamens.

- Good fodder plant for goats, sheep and horses.

- Risk of confusion with Scleranthus annuus L.

- Biological type: annual.

Mistake with: Scleranthus annuus

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