Prepared by Jennifer L. D’Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. January 2018. Scientific name: Spergula arvensis L. Common name(s): corn spurry, tickwort, starwort, devil’s-guts, sandweed, pickpurse, yarr, pine-cheat, poverty-weed, cow-quake Links: USDA PLANTS Profile, Go Botany Images: (to see enlargements [PC]: click on image, then right click and choose “view image”) [gallery link=”file”