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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stellaria media   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stellaria media ssp. media   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

Stellaria media

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-07-002:

Stellaria media   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Alsine media

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Chickweed


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image of Stellaria media, Common Chickweed

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_243

        

image of Stellaria media, Common Chickweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_alme5_001_lvd

        

image of Stellaria media, Common Chickweed

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_169

        

image of Stellaria media, Common Chickweed

JK Marlow    jkm120112_860

January    Jackson County    NC

image of Stellaria media, Common Chickweed

JK Marlow    jkm0403n_30

March    Greenville County    SC

Upper leaves without petiole; lower leaves with sparsely hairy long petiole, per Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992).

image of Stellaria media, Common Chickweed

JK Marlow    jkm070311_005

March    Greenville County    SC

image of Stellaria media, Common Chickweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_media_commonchickwd

March        

Sepals usually glandular-hairy w obtuse apex, longer than or equaling petals, per Flora of North America.

image of Stellaria media, Common Chickweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_stellaria_meadia_3

March        

Three stigmas, red anthers, and 5 two-lobed petals (looking like 10 petals), per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Stellaria media, Common Chickweed

JK Marlow    jkm141025_313

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stellaria media   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stellaria media ssp. media   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Stellaria media

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-07-002:
Stellaria media   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Alsine media

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1463

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, gardens, fields, bottomlands, moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
3-5(-8) stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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