| Dicotyledon | Literature for Stellaria media
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Caryophyllaceae -- The Pink Family | Bibliography |
| Stellaria media | |
Common name(s): chickweed, starwort, common chickweed, stitchwort |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to Eurasia, widely naturalized.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kure, Midway, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Slender annual or perennial herbs; stems trailing, matted, or weakly ascending, 1-8 dm long, pubescent in lines. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves ovate to elliptic, (0.5-)1-3(-4) cm long, (0.3-)0.8-1.5(-2) cm wide, base rounded to cuneate, petioles 0-2 cm long, often ciliate. |
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| Flowers |
Pedicels ascending to recurved; sepals 3.5-6 mm long, villous, apex obtuse to acute; petals slightly shorter than the sepals, 2-cleft, or sometimes absent; stamens 3-10. |
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| Fruit |
Capsules ovoid, 3.5-7 mm long. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds reddish brown, suborbicular, 1-1.1 mm long, papillose. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 28, 36-44 |
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