{"id":1367,"date":"2010-02-19T15:32:38","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T20:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/?page_id=1367"},"modified":"2019-01-30T19:03:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T19:03:46","slug":"sandspurry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/grower-services\/weeds\/sandspurry\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandspurry \/ Red Sandspurry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/spurry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1372\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/spurry-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a Sandspurry plant with a U.S. penny for scale purposes\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/spurry-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/spurry-105x116.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/spurry-317x350.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/spurry-423x468.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/spurry.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,271px\" \/><\/a>Sometimes two words: Sand Spurry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Family:<\/strong> CARYOPHYLLACEAE (The Pink or Carnation Family)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genus: <\/strong><em>Spergularia<\/em> | <strong>Species:<\/strong> <em>rubra<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description: <\/strong>The leaves of this annual or short-lived perennial weed are so narrow and flat that they resemble fir needles, and the plant even feels like a juniper of some kind (a bit scratchy or rough).\u00a0 It grows in thick tufts very low to the ground and spreads outward radially (<em>i.e.<\/em> from a central point), below which the roots will be found.\u00a0 The tiny flowers (1\/6&#8243; to 1\/4&#8243; wide) have 5 petals and are a light pink to purple in color (less purple towards the flower center, which has 10 yellow stamens, and whiter on underside of petals). Common chickweed (<em>Stellaria media<\/em>) is also in this family. <strong>[annual or sometimes a short-lived perennial]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> Dry, sandy places;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Bloom: <\/strong>mid-May (in Maine)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/spurry2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1373 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/spurry2-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"Closer view of a portion of a sandspurry plant with two opened flowers on it plus a U.S. penny for scale purposes\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/spurry2-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/spurry2-105x86.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/spurry2-317x261.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/spurry2.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes two words: Sand Spurry Family: CARYOPHYLLACEAE (The Pink or Carnation Family) Genus: Spergularia | Species: rubra Description: The leaves of this annual or short-lived perennial weed are so narrow and flat that they resemble fir needles, and the plant even feels like a juniper of some kind (a bit scratchy or rough).\u00a0 It grows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"parent":470,"menu_order":27,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1367","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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