Stellaria is a genus of about 190 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common names include starwort, [2] stitchwort and chickweed. Stellaria species are relatively small herbs with simple opposite leaves.

Stellaria media, chickweed, is an annual flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to Eurasia and naturalized throughout the world, where it is a weed of waste ground, farmland and gardens. It is sometimes grown as a salad crop or for poultry consumption.

Oct 11, 2024 · Chickweed, also called starweed, satin flower, or mouse-ear, is a common weed in the carnation family. It grows low to the ground, has a hairy stem, and produces small, star-shaped, white...

It is native to Eurasia and North Africa and found throughout the United States. The common name is an acknowledgment of chickens’ fondness for this plant as a food source. It grows most aggressively in the late winter and early spring and in moist, …

Feb 1, 2023 · Common chickweed (Stellaria media) is a tender, edible, annual herb that grows during cool wet seasons. Originally native to Europe, chickweed has been naturalized and now grows throughout much of the United States, Canada, and beyond.

Feb 12, 2019 · Chickweed (Stellaria media) is a common cool-weather “weed” that grows abundantly throughout North America and other temperate regions around the world. It also happens to be edible, nutritious, and have a long history of medicinal use.

Oct 4, 2024 · Stellaria media, chickweed, is an annual flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to Eurasia and naturalized throughout the world, where it is a weed of waste ground, farmland and gardens. It is sometimes grown as a …

Mar 23, 2012 · This post included two types of chickweed — Common and Star. If you want to find more species, I suggest doing a search on Stellaria (the genus name).

Mar 2, 2023 · Common chickweed (Stellaria media) is a winter annual that has smooth stems and leaves; can have several generations a year during cool wet seasons and forms prostrate …

Stellaria longipes is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names longstalk starwort and Goldie's starwort. [2] It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring throughout the northernmost latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.