Common Chickweed

Common Chickweed

Common name: Common Chickweed

Latin name: Stellaria media L.

Family: Caryophyllaceae

Life Cycle: Annual

Type: Broadleaf

Description:Winter annual with prostrate to trailing stems that can be pubescent, while leaves are glabrous, have opposite arrangement, and are oval to elliptic in shape. Flowers are white and occur in small clusters.

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