- Family:
- Caryophyllaceae Juss.
Spergula Dill. ex L.

[FZ]
Caryophyllaceae, H. Wild. Flora Zambesiaca 1:2. 1961
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual herbs; sterns simple or branching, glabrous or glandular-pubescent.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite but with contracted leafy branches in the axils making them appear whorled, sessile, linear; stipules small, scarious, caducous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers 5-merous, in loose terminal dichasia or the dichasial structure reduced in some branches; pedicels reflexed after anthesis but later becoming erect again.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals free with membranous margins.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals white, entire.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 10.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary 1-locular, multiovulate, with 3 or 5 free styles.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule 3–5-valved.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds numerous, surrounded by a narrow or somewhat winged margin.
[FTEA]
Caryophyllaceae, W. B. Turrill. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1956
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual herbs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves linear, opposite but, from the axillary tufts of leaves, giving the superficial appearance of being in whorls; stipules small, scarious, deciduous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers in loose terminal dichasia, the dichasial structure reduced in some branches, hermaphrodite, pentamerous, pedicels deflexed after fertilization but later erect
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals free
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals white, entire
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary unilocular with 3 or 5 free styles
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule deeply split into 3 or 5 valves.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual herbs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves linear, mostly in condensed axillary shoots so as to appear as if whorled; stipules interpetiolar, scarious, deciduous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Flowers 5-merous, in lax terminal cymes, pedicels reflexed after flowering, erect in ripe fruit
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals free
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals entire, white
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Anthers
- Anthers up to 10
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary with many ovules, styles usually 5, occasionally 3
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a ± globose capsule opening by (3–)5 valves which do not separate completely
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds numerous, biconvex, often ± winged.
- Distribution
- Twelve species, probably originally north temperate but now very widespread as adventives.
Native to:
Albania, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil South, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile North, Chita, Corse, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., 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, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uruguay, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Zaïre
Introduced into:
Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Amur, Angola, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, 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, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Réunion, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon, Zimbabwe
- Spergula arvensis L.
- Spergula calva Pedersen
- Spergula cerviana (Cham. & Schltdl.) D.Dietr.
- Spergula grandis Pers.
- Spergula levis (Cambess.) D.Dietr.
- Spergula morisonii Boreau
- Spergula pentandra L.
- Spergula platensis (Cambess.) Shinners
- Spergula rosea Blatt.
- Spergula segetalis (L.) Vill.
- Spergula tangerina (P.Monnier) G.López
- Spergula viscosa Lag.
Spergula Dill. ex L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 440 (1753)
Accepted by
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2005). Flora of North America North of Mexico 5: 1-656. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
Literature
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 199 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 1: 440 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5, 199 (1754)
- Sp. Pl. 440 (1753)
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Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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