Spergula arvensis
Spergula arvensis, the corn spurry, stickwort, starwort or spurrey, is a species of plant in the genus "Spergula". Description. Corn spurry is a summer or winter annual broadleaf plant, and its seeds buried in the soil can survive for several years. The leaves contain a compound called oxalate that can be toxic if eaten in large quantities by livestock. Flower. Perfect flower with 5 white tiny petals and 5 green sepals slightly offset from petals. There are also 10 yellow stamens about 1 cm in diameter. Taxonomy and nomenclature. "Spergula arvensis" var. "arvensis" and "S. arvensis" var. "sativum