Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Spergula arvensis L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Spergula arvense L. , Spergula arvensis L. ssp. sativa (Boenn.) Celak., Spergula arvensis L. var. sativa (Boenn.) Mert. & Koch, Spergula maxima (Weihe ex Boenn.), Spergula sativa Boenn.

Common names:

Ackerspergel (1900, German) (158)

Beggarweed [Beggar-weed] (1900) (158)

Corn spurry [Corn spurrey] (1840-Present) (1, 4, 5, 19, 50, 85, 107, 110, 155, 156, 158)

Cow-quake (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Devil's-guts [Devil's guts] (1896-1900, Paris ME) (76, 158)

Erba renaiola (1886, Italian, fom rena "sand" (110)

Espargata (1886, Portuguese) (110)

Esparicllas (1886, Spanish) (110)

Farmer's-ruin (1900) (158)

Field spurry (1942) (155)

Fryle (1886, Swedish) (110)

Giant spurrey (1894, SD) (129)

Girr or Kirr (1886, Danish) (110)

Humb or hum (1886, Danish) (110)

Knutt (1886, Swedish) (110)

Nägde (1886, Swedish) (110)

Pick-purse [Pick purse] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Pine-cheat [Pine cheat] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Pineweed [Pine weed] (1891, Northeast US) (79)

Poverty-weed [Poverty weed] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Sandweed [Sand weed, Sand-weed] (1876?-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 92, 156, 158)

Skorff (1886, Swedish) (110)

Spargoule (1886, French) (110)

Spark (1886, German) (110)

Spergola (1886, Italian) (110)

Spergula (1886) (110)

Spergule (1900, French) (158)

Spurry [Spurrey] (1876?-1949) (1, 5, 92, 109, 118, 131, 138, 156, 158)

Tare (1876) (92)

Toadflax [Toad flax] (1919-1923, misapplied) (107, 156)

Toritsa (1886, Russian) (1886) (110)

Yarr (1900-1923? obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)