Spergula arvensis
Spergula arvensis
Tarla kişnişi
Annual herb, 5-70 cm, with ascending stems ± branched at the base, moderately to densely glandular-hairy above. Leaves 1-3 cm, linear, fleshy, channelled beneath. Sepals 3-5 mm, ovate. Petals white, obovate, obtuse, slightly exceeding the sepals. Stamens 5-10. Capsule 4-5 mm, somewhat exceeding the sepals. Seeds 1-2 mm, subglobose, keeled or with a very narrow wing, grey-black, papillose or not. Fl. 3-6. Cornfields and other cultivated ground, especially on sandy soils, near s.l.
Cosmopolitan weed, very variable in habit, indumentum, size of seed, presence of seed papillae, etc.
