Spergula

Thesaurus

Noun

Spergula - small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurrygenus Spergulacaryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowerscarnation family, Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)corn spurrey, corn spurry, Spergula arvensis - small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers

Spergula

(spurry), a genus of plants of the family Caryophyl-laceae. The small, mostly annual herbs have ascending or spreading stems that are strongly branched from the base. The leaves are linear and opposite, but they appear to be whorled, owing to the development of short shoots with clusters of leaves at the axils. The small, white, five-parted flowers are in loose inflorescences. The fruit is a many-seeded, five-valved capsule.

There are four to six species, distributed in temperate regions of both hemispheres. All are found in the USSR, where they grow mainly on sandy soils. The most common species is S. arvensis, which grows in the European USSR, the Caucasus, Siberia, and the Far East. The plant is found along roads, near dwellings, and in wastelands. It also grows as a weed in plantings of spring crops. One plant may yield as many as 28,000 easily disseminated seeds that contaminate the soil. S. linicola and 5. maxima are weeds of flax. The green parts of Spergula are a good livestock feed and are suitable for silage.

REFERENCE

Kott, S.A. Sornye rasteniia i bor’ba s nimi. Moscow, 1961.

Spergula

Related to Spergula: Spergula arvensis, spurrey, corn spurry

noun

Synonyms for Spergula

noun small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry

Synonyms

genus Spergula

Related Words

caryophylloid dicot genus
carnation family
Caryophyllaceae
family Caryophyllaceae
pink family
corn spurrey
corn spurry
Spergula arvensis