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Read more about Common Chickweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Stellaria media
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stellaria media ssp. media
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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)
Alsine media
COMMON NAME:
Common Chickweed
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JK Marlow jkm0403n_30
March Greenville County SC
Upper leaves without petiole; lower leaves with sparsely hairy long petiole, per Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses.
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.