View source for Spergula ← Spergula You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Spergula |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 440. 1753 |year=1753 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. |place=ed. 5, 199. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Spurrey;spargoute |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Polycarpoideae;Spergula |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Caryophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Caryophyllaceae subfam. Polycarpoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Spergula]]</div></div> |etymology=Latin spargo, scatter or sow, alluding to discharge of seeds |volume=Volume 5 |mention_page=page 4, 6, 9 |treatment_page=page 14 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual or winter annual. <b>Taproots</b> slender to ± stout, especially proximally. <b>Stems</b> spreading or ascending to erect, simple or branched, terete to somewhat angular. <b>Leaves</b> opposite but appearing whorled, as 8–15 per axillary cluster, 2 clusters per node, connate proximally by often-prominent ridge from which stipules arise, sessile; stipules 4 per node, white, ovate to triangular, margins entire but splitting variously with age, apex obtuse to acuminate; blade 1-veined, linear or filiform, sometimes succulent, apex blunt to apiculate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, open to diffuse cymes; bracts paired, minute. <b>Pedicels</b> erect to ascending, spreading or usually reflexed and sometimes secund in fruit. <b>Flowers</b> usually bisexual, sometimes pistillate by stamen abortion; perianth and androecium briefly perigynous; hypanthium dish- or cup-shaped, not abruptly expanded distally; sepals distinct, silvery, elliptic to nearly ovate, 2.5–5 mm, herbaceous, margins scarious, apex acute to obtuse; petals 5, white, blade apex entire; nectaries at adaxial base of broader filaments opposite sepals; stamens 5 and opposite sepals, or 10 and arising from distally tapered rim of hypanthium; filaments distinct; styles 5, distinct, filiform, 0.4–0.6 mm, glabrous proximally; stigmas 5, linear along adaxial surface of styles, obscurely papillate (30×). <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, opening by 5 spreading to somewhat recurved valves; carpophore absent. <b>Seeds</b> 5–25, blackish, circular, subglobose or lenticular and laterally compressed, nearly smooth or finely papillate, membranous, entire marginal wing often present, appendage absent; embryo peripheral, annular to spirally curved. <b>x</b> = 9.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Eurasia (esp. Mediterranean region;Europe). |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species 5 (3 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p><i>Spergula arvensis</i> is the only species of the genus that has been introduced extensively outside of Eurasia.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blades usually appearing terete, 1.5-3(-5) cm, margins often revolute, forming abaxial channel; seeds subglobose, sometimes with keel or wing ± 0.1 mm wide |[[Spergula arvensis|Spergula arvensis]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blades usually flat, 0.3-1.5(-2) cm, usually not channeled abaxially; seeds lenticular, laterally compressed, wings 0.2-0.6 mm wide |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Seed wings light brown to brownish black, 0.2-0.3 mm wide; stamens usually 10 |[[Spergula morisonii|Spergula morisonii]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Seed wings white or sometimes slightly tannish, 0.4-0.6 mm wide; stamens usually 5 |[[Spergula pentandra|Spergula pentandra]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Spergula |author=Ronald L. Hartman;Richard K. Rabeler |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Caryophyllaceae |illustrator=Barbara Alongi |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=Eurasia (esp. Mediterranean region;Europe). |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_16.xml |subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Polycarpoideae |genus=Spergula }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Caryophyllaceae subfam. Polycarpoideae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Caryophyllaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Spergula.