common chickweed |
Plants: Forbs/Herbs |
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Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Stellaria media ssp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.
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| Synonym(s): chickweed, nodding chickweed, stitchwort, starwort |
| Common chickweed is an annual, low-growing herb native to Europe. Stems are decumbent, to 19.7 in. (50 cm) long with a longitudinal line of hairs. Leaves are opposite, oval, to 0.8 in. (2 cm) long and pointed at the tip. Older leaves are petiolate. Flowering occurs in early spring when small, white flowers develop in the leaf axils or in terminal clusters. Flowers have 5 cleft petals, therefore appearing that there are 10. Fruits are very small and are covered by extremely hairy calyces. Common chickweed occurs in shady, moist locations and can commonly threaten habitats on rocky seeps. |
| Image |
Descriptor |
Description |
Photographer |
| 5246083 |
Feature(s) |
elastic center of stem |
Richard Old |
| 5246085 |
Feature(s) |
single line of hairs on stem |
Richard Old |
| 5374813 |
Feature(s) |
hairs along one side of the stem |
Joseph M. DiTomaso |
| 5370237 |
Feature(s) |
hairs on petioles. |
Rebekah D. Wallace |
| 5374812 |
Flower(s) |
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Joseph M. DiTomaso |
| 5404248 |
Flower(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5408360 |
Flower(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5408361 |
Flower(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5408364 |
Flower(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5408365 |
Flower(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5309050 |
Flower(s) |
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Theodore Webster |
| 5309087 |
Flower(s) |
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Theodore Webster |
| 5246084 |
Flower(s) |
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Richard Old |
| 1555151 |
Flower(s) |
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Ohio State Weed Lab Archive |
| 1555155 |
Foliage |
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Ohio State Weed Lab Archive |
| 1196235 |
Foliage |
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Elizabeth Bella |
| 5408366 |
Fruit(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 1555159 |
Infestation |
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Ohio State Weed Lab Archive |
| 1555160 |
Infestation |
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Ohio State Weed Lab Archive |
| 5246082 |
Plant(s) |
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Richard Old |
| 5370236 |
Plant(s) |
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Rebekah D. Wallace |
| 1391288 |
Plant(s) |
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John D. Byrd |
| 1555145 |
Plant(s) |
from above |
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive |
| 1555146 |
Plant(s) |
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Ohio State Weed Lab Archive |
| 1555157 |
Plant(s) |
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Ohio State Weed Lab Archive |
| 1555152 |
Plant(s) |
in flower |
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive |
| 1555153 |
Plant(s) |
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Ohio State Weed Lab Archive |
| 5397831 |
Plant(s) |
habitude |
Robert Vidéki |
| 5397833 |
Plant(s) |
habitude |
Robert Vidéki |
| 5404223 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404224 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404225 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404226 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404227 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404228 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404229 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404230 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404231 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404232 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404233 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404234 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404235 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404236 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404237 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404238 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404239 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404240 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404241 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404242 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404243 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404244 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404245 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404246 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5404247 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5408362 |
Plant(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5374811 |
Plant(s) |
in flower |
Joseph M. DiTomaso |
| 5370238 |
Plant(s) |
in flower |
Rebekah D. Wallace |
| 5370239 |
Root(s) |
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Rebekah D. Wallace |
| 5309010 |
Seed(s) |
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Steve Hurst |
| 1555148 |
Seedling(s) |
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Ohio State Weed Lab Archive |
| 1391514 |
Seedling(s) |
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John D. Byrd |
| 1555158 |
Stem(s) |
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Ohio State Weed Lab Archive |
| 5408363 |
Stem(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
| 5408367 |
Stem(s) |
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Karan A. Rawlins |
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