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Photographer: Richard Bauer
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Family Caryophyllaceae
Stellaria media (L.) Vill.
common chickweed
Stellaria: from the Latin stella for "star" because of the star-like shape of the flowers or some other feature
media: intermediate
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect to prostrate, annual/perennial, 2"-16" forb; 4 -sided stems with many branches |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, 1/8"-1/4" wide, petals deeply lobed, sepals longer than the petals; usually solitary, stalked, from upper leaf axils; blooms Feb.-Dec., longest period of any Wisconsin flower |
| Fruit: | oval to oblong, very hairy capsule |
| Leaf: | opposite, triangular, upper stalkless, lower on stalks getting longer toward the base of the stem |
| Habitat: | disturbed areas, meadows, woods |
| (Glossary) |
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