{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Spurrey | image = Illustration Spergula pentandra0.jpg | image_caption = ''Spergula pentandra'' | taxon = Spergula | authority = Dill. ex L. | synonyms = *''Alsinella'' {{small|Hornem. (1827), nom. illeg.}} *''Balardia'' {{small|Cambess. (1830)}} *''Buda'' {{small|Adans. (1763)}} *''Corion'' {{small|Mitch. (1769)}} *''Delia'' {{small|Dumort. (1827)}} *''Fasciculus'' {{small|Dulac (1867)}} *''Hymenogonium'' {{small|Rich. ex Lebel (1869)}} *''Lepigonum'' {{small|Wahlenb. (1820)}} *''Melargyra'' {{small|Raf. (1837)}} *''Segetella'' {{small|Desv. (1816)}} *''Tissa'' {{small|Adans. (1763)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30037970-2 ''Spergula'' Dill. ex L.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 22 March 2024.</ref> }}
'''''Spergula''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Their usual English name is '''spurry'''<ref>{{PLANTS|id=SPERG|taxon=Spergula|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref> or '''spurrey'''.<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spurrey "Spurrey", Merriam-Webster online]</ref> It includes 10 species native to portions of South America, Africa, and Eurasia.<ref name = powo/> They are commonly found in grassland.
==Species== 10 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Spergula arvensis'' <small>L.</small> *''Spergula calva'' <small>Pedersen</small> *''Spergula cerviana'' <small>(Cham. & Schltdl.) D.Dietr.</small> *''Spergula grandis'' <small>Pers.</small> *''Spergula morisonii'' <small>Boreau</small> – Morison's spurry *''Spergula pentandra'' <small>L.</small> *''Spergula rosea'' <small>Blatt</small> *''Spergula segetalis'' <small>(L.) Vill.</small> *''Spergula tangerina'' <small>(P.Monnier) G.López</small> *''Spergula viscosa'' <small>Lag.</small>
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Category:Caryophyllaceae Category:Caryophyllaceae genera
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