Spergula arvensis L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Corn Spurrey
🇫🇷 Spargoute des champs, Spergule des champs, Espargoute des champs, Spargelle

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Tribe: Sperguleae
Genus: Spergula
Species: Spergula arvensis

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

S. arvensis subsp. arvensis L., 1753, P;
S. arvensis subsp. chieusseana (Pomel) Briq., 1910;
S. arvensis subsp. gracilis (E.Petit) Briq., 1910;
S. arvensis subsp. linicola (Boreau) Janch., 1959;
S. arvensis subsp. maxima (Weihe ex Boenn.) Nyman, 1878;
S. arvensis subsp. nana (E.F.Linton) D.C.McClint., 1986;
S. arvensis subsp. sativa (Boenn.) Čelak., 1875.

Photographs

img/spergula-arvensis.webp — Spergula arvensis

img/spergula-arvensis-2.webp — Spergula arvensis

img/spergula-arvensis-3.webp — Spergula arvensis

img/spergula-arvensis-4.webp — Spergula arvensis

img/spergula-arvensis-5.webp — Spergula arvensis

img/spergula-arvensis-6.webp — Spergula arvensis

img/spergula-arvensis-7.webp — Spergula arvensis

img/spergula-arvensis-8.webp — Spergula arvensis - Flower buds

img/spergula-arvensis-9.webp — Spergula arvensis - Leaves

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 660). Biotope.