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common chickweed

Stellaria media

Common chickweed is a small, green plant with tiny white flowers. It grows close to the ground and is often found in gardens and fields, making it a friendly plant to spot while exploring nature.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The common chickweed has small, oval, bright green leaves that grow in a sprawling mat. Its tiny white flowers appear to have ten petals, but each of its five true petals is deeply split, creating a star-like shape. It often forms a dense ground cover.

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Interessante Fakten

Chickweed seeds can stay alive in the soil for over 50 years, waiting for the perfect time to sprout!

If you pull up a chickweed plant, it can sometimes re-root and keep growing if even a small piece is left!

Its scientific name, Stellaria, means 'little star,' because its tiny white flowers look like twinkling stars!

People have used chickweed leaves to soothe itchy skin for hundreds of years, like a natural bandage!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Speedy Spreader

Common chickweed can grow incredibly fast and spread quickly to cover ground, helping it find sunlight and space.

Fähigkeit

Winter Warrior

Common chickweed has a special ability to grow and even flower in cool weather, sometimes even under snow!

Fähigkeit

Self-Pollinating Star

Common chickweed can pollinate itself, ensuring it makes seeds even when no insects are around to help.

Maße und Details

Höhe
5-50 cm
Ausbreitung
10-60 cm
Blütengröße
0.5-1 cm
Blütezeit
Year-round in mild climates, spring-fall elsewhere
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Einjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

birds love its seeds and tender leaves

pollinates

Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

bees visit its tiny flowers for nectar

eaten by

Spanish Slug

Arion lusitanicus

slugs munch on its tender leaves

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

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Always check with an adult before touching or eating any plants.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von common chickweed?

5-50 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von common chickweed?

10-60 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von common chickweed?

0.5-1 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von common chickweed?

Year-round in mild climates, spring-fall elsewhere

Was ist der/die/das essbar von common chickweed?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von common chickweed?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von common chickweed?

Einjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von common chickweed?

Insekten

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