Spergula arvensis L., Sp. Pl. 440 1753. (Syn: Alsine arvensis Crantz; Arenaria arvensis Wallr.; Spergula arvensis var. maxima (Weihe) Rohrb.; Spergula arvensis subsp. maxima (Weihe ex Boenn.) O. Schwartz; Spergula arvensis subsp. sativa (Boenn.) Čelak.; Spergula arvensis var. sativa (Boenn.) Rohrb.; Spergula arvensis subsp. vulgaris O. Schwartz; Spergula linicola Boreau; Spergula maxima Weihe; Spergula maxima Weihe ex Boenn.; Spergula sativa Boenn. [Illegitimate]; Spergula sativa subsp. linicola O. Schwartz; Spergula vulgaris Boenn.; Spergularia arvensis (L.) Cambess.; Spergularia maxima G.Don (Unresolved)); . Europe to Siberia and NW. India, Macaronesia, NW. Africa, Ethiopia to E. Central & E. Tropical Africa: Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Chita, Corse, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Zaïre; Introduced into: Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Amur, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Falkland Is., Florida, Georgia, Greenland, Guatemala, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Jamaica, Kamchatka, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Réunion, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Texas, Uruguay, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon, Zimbabwe as per POWO; . As per efi thread: The presence of connate stipules in Spergularia and stipules not connate in Spergula is more satisfactory in separating the genera as they occur in Pakistan. . Corolla white as per BSI Flora of India; . Corn spurry; .
Caryophyllaceae Week: Spergula arvensis for validation..: Yes Spergula arvensis Is it wild herb or a cultivated one? Wild only..
Annual herb characterized by leaves with scarious free stipules, leaves linear in pseudowhorls and small entire white flowers, usually 10 stamens and five styles. The plant is found as weed, in lawns and waste places Photographed from Delhi and Kashmir .
plant with cladodes : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Please ID this plant Date of click: March 8, 2017 Place: Mohali Punjab a roadside plant with white flowers and the fruits drooping. I hope Spergula arvensis…….!!      SK370 11FEB-2017:ID : 7 posts by 3 authors. 6 correct images as above. Location: Taudaha, Kathmandu, Nepal Altitude: 4200 ft. Date: 10 February 2017 It seems to me a mix of two different species. Image 60, 1004, 1005, 1007, 1009, 1014 are of the same species- Spergula sp. (Caryophyllaceae). Pinnatisect leaves in image 1010, 1012, 1013 may be of some Brassicaceae member. Only one species of Spergula (S.arvensis) is known from Nepal. Thank you for the ID. Spergula arvensis L. (accepted name) Nepali Names: झ्याउ झार Jhyaau Jhaar / ल्वाङ्ग्टा Lwaangtaa
SK676 26 JUL-2017:ID : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7) Location: Shivapuri National Park, Nepal Altitude: 8200 ft. Date: 22 July 2017 Spergula arvensis I hope.. Spergula arvensis L. Looks like matching but the elevation is confusing. ID validation is still pending. Plants looks matching but there is a vast difference of elevation, about 5000 ft. Flora of China gives its distribution as Bhutan, N India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Russia, Sikkim; N Africa, SW Asia, Europe, North America. We also have records in efi site from Kashmir at Spergula arvensis So heights can be more than specifies in Checklist of Nepal (which is not always correct). Only just check whether your images are matching with this species or not ? If the elevation is not a big issue it may be correct.
Location: Gyaneswor, Kathmandu Date: 3 Aprl 2019 Elevation: 1300 m. Habit : Cultivated
SK 2366 05 January 2020 : 15 posts by 4 authors. 4 images- 5 to 7 mb each Location: Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 27 November 2019 Elevation: 1350m. Habitat: Growing along cultivated plant /Wild Weed Reminds me of Mollugo and Oldenlandia … Does the basal leaves indicate toward them ? Persistent calyx, long pedicel, narrow leaves do show similarity to Oldenlandia. 5-merous is more like Mollugo. Thank you Sir for sharing the very informative link.
SD011 7 Feb 2020- Plant ID Assistance : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)- around 750 kb each. please assist with plant ID. Found near Neemrana, Rajasthan. Elevation 305 metres Spergula arvensis!
Spergula fallax for validation : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Found in irrigated fields in Bera, Rajasthan in February 2020. Is this Spergula fallax (Lowe) E.H.L.Krause, Caryophyllaceae ? Please confirm Thanks, … Most of our posts so far are at Spergula arvensis L. May I request you to pl. check the following keys from Flora of Pakistan, as I can not see these details in these images:
Also Spergula fallax (Lowe) E.H.L.Krause seems to have been transferred Spergularia flaccida (Madden) I.M.Turner as per Catalogue of life. So also check the keys in Flora of China as below:
However, Flora of Pakistan says The frequently used characters of 3 styles and the capsule dehiscing by 3 valves do not hold good in our area in separating (Spergula) from Spergularia (styles 3, capsule dehiscing by 3 valves). The presence of connate stipules in Spergularia and stipules not connate in Spergula is more satisfactory in separating the genera as they occur in Pakistan. Pl. also see images of Spergularia fallax Lowe as below: http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=14&id=8830# thank you for your research. My tentative id was based on Bhandari’s book, p. 47 in which Spergula fallax (Lowe) E.H.L.Krause, is synonymous with S. arvensis sensu Bhandari, It matches the description given in respect to the plant which I saw. I did not see the seeds. The leaves are not channelled, there are 3 styles and stipules are not connate. I will go with whatever you decide. Thanks, … I will go with /species/a—l/c/caryophyllaceae/spergula/spergula-arvensis . Oh this is Spergula arvensis! Sorry, I know this one already . Dholpur, January 2022 :: Spergula arvensis for validation :: ARK2022-060: 2 high res. images. This was clicked at Dholpur, Rajasthan on the banks of the Chambal river in January 2022 Friends on the Indian Flora FB group suggested Spergula arvensis. Requested to provide ID. I guess yes! . Spergula arvensis L.: 5 very high res. images. Location: Dhorpatan, Baglung, Nepal Date: 31 May 2023 Elevation: 2900 m. Habit : Wild . References: |
Spergula arvensis
Updated on December 24, 2024