Corn Spurrey generally grows on arable and waste ground. Its small white flowers only open for a few hours each day, and emit an unpleasant smell. Its long narrow leaves are arranged in a whorl around the stem and have grooves underneath. The stems and calyx are covered with sticky hairs.

Flower as usually seen, not open		Whorled leaves, with grooved on undersides		Early fruit, twice as long as sepals