Spergula morisonii Boreau

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Caryophyllaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Spergula morisonii Boreau

  • Description

    Species Description - Much like no. 1 [Spergula arvensis L.], but the lvs not channelled and the seeds compressed, with a brownish, striate wing barely or scarcely half as wide as the body; pet ovate, contiguous or slightly overlapping, obtuse; 2n=18. European weed, occasionally intr. in our coastal states and fully established at least in s. N.J.