Stellaria media
naturalizedCaryophyllaceae

Stellaria media

common chickweed

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Stellaria media, chickweed, is a cool-season annual plant native to Europe, but naturalized in many parts of North America. It is used as a cooling herbal remedy, and grown as a vegetable crop and ground cover for both human consumption and poultry. It is sometimes called common chickweed to distinguish it from other plants called chickweed. Other common names include chickenwort, craches, maruns, winterweed. The plant germinates in autumn or late winter, then forms large mats...

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