Common Chickweed

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• Scientific Name: Stellaria media (L.)Vill.

Common Chickweed is a winter annual species that begins to emerge in the fall as temperatures cool and soil moisture levels increase

Common Chickweed forms mats in the turf

Common chickweed leaves are rounded at the base and pointed at the tip. The leaves are glabrous, sessile, and oppositely arranged

Common Chickweed has small white flowers with 5 deeply-notched petals

• Common Names: Common Chickweed, Adder's Mouth, Alsine, Capiquí, Chick Wittles, Chickenmeat, Clucken Wort, Esparguta, Gwiazdnica pospolita (Polish), Hashishat Al Qazzaz, Passerina, Pihatähtimö, Satin flower, Sercedili, Skirt Buttons, Star Chickweed, Starwort, Starweed, Stitchwort, Tongue grass, Vogelmuur, White bird's eye, Winter weed

• Climatic Zone: Temperate

• Geographic Distribution: Africa, East Asia, Europe, North America, South America

• Life Cycle: winter Annual

• Photosynthetic Apparatus: C3

• Major Identifying Characteristic: Smooth simple leaves. Upper leaves sessile, lower leaves pedicelate