Spergula arvensis L.

Common Name : Corn spurry
Family : Caryophyllaceae

HABIT

A DIFFUSE ANNUAL HERB.

STEMS

BRANCHED FROM THE ROOT, GROOVED, SEMITERETE.

LEAVES

IN PSEUDO WHORLS, FLESHY, LINEAR-SUBULATE, SPREADING.

FLOWERS

SMALL, WHITE.

FRUITS

CAPSULE GLOBOSE, FIVE VALVED.

SEEDS

CIRCULAR, THICK LENS SHAPED IN CROSS SECTION; MARGINS WINGED WITH ONE SMALL NOTCH. GREYISH BLACK TO BLACK, MARGINS USUALLY LIGHT BROWN.