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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Caryophyllaceae
Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench
giant chickweed, water chickweed
Myosoton: from mys for "mouse" and ous for "ear," referring to the leaves
aquaticum: growing in or near water
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | prostrate with erect tips, perennial, 2"-24" tall, branched forb; stems glandular-hairy; rhizomes rooting from lower nodes |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, 1/4"-1/2" wide, stalked, usually with 5 styles, deeply lobed petals much longer than the sepals; inflorescence open, leafy, terminal, branched cluster (cyme); blooms May-Oct. |
| Fruit: | oval to oblong capsule |
| Leaf: | opposite, mostly stalkless except lower leaves on short stalks |
| Habitat: | moist; disturbed sites, woods |
| (Glossary) |
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