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Photographer: Gary Fewless
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Family Caryophyllaceae
Spergula arvensis L.
corn spurry
Spergula: from the Latin spargere, "to scatter," from sowing seeds for early forage in Europe
arvensis: of planted fields
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 4"-12" tall, succulent forb |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, 1/8" wide; blooms May-Aug. |
| Fruit: | capsule with many roundish, dark seeds |
| Leaf: | narrow, with small appendage at the base, 6-8 appearing whorled at the nodes in 2 opposite sets  |
| Habitat: | dry; woods, forests |
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