Spergula

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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{{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 = [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.

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Spergula is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Their usual English name is spurry{{PLANTS|id=SPERG|taxon=Spergula|accessdate=25 November 2015}} or spurrey.[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spurrey "Spurrey", Merriam-Webster online] It includes 10 species native to portions of South America, Africa, and Eurasia. They are commonly found in grassland.