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Spergula arvensis
Also called Corn spurrey, Stickwort, Starwort, Devil's Gut, Field Spurry, Pickpurse, Sandweed
Corn spurry is a small annual weed of farmland, roadsides and sandy ground, grown mainly as a wild or cover plant rather than in gardens. It is a fast, undemanding species that sets seed freely in open, sunny spots.
Spergula arvensis, the corn spurry, stickwort, starwort or spurrey, is a species of plant in the genus Spergula. It is an annual plant which is native to Europe, Macaronesia, Siberia, northwestern India, northwestern Africa, and the highlands of eastern tropical Africa.
It is considered a cosmopolitan agricultural weed, and has been introduced to the Americas, Southern Africa, and parts of Asia.
Roadsides, farmland, sand dunes, and coniferous woodland. A kind of plant, which can be found in almost all over the world, including Britain.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spergula arvensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
