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Latin name: Spergula arvensis
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Family: Caryophyllaceae
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Common name: corn spurry
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Life cycle: annual, spreading by seed
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Habit: Forms irregular clumps. Can grow
in a mound up to 12 inches high and 24 inches wide. Mostly seen growing
between, around, and through other weeds.
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Foliage: Foliage is unique, making this
plant easy to identify. Foliage occurs in whorls around the stem. Each
leaf is circular in cross section, about 1 inch long, and often curved slightly
towards the terminal end of the branch.
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Flower: Flowers are perfect, have 5
white petals, 10 yellow stamens, and are about 1 cm in diameter. There
are 5 sepals behind the petals which are slightly offset.
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