Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.

Read more about Common Chickweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

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

        

JK Marlow    jkm120112_860

January    Jackson County    NC

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).

JK Marlow    jkm070311_005

March    Greenville County    SC

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.

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).

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
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