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Stellaria media
CapsuleDescription '''FNA:''' green to straw colored, ovoid-oblong, 3-5 mm, somewhat longer than sepals, apex obtuse, opening by 6 valves; carpophore absent.  +
Common name is Common Chickweed  +
Documentation requested false  +
Family Caryophyllaceae +
FlowerDescription '''FNA:''' 2-5 mm diam.; sepals 5, with ob'''FNA:''' 2-5 mm diam.; sepals 5, with obscure midrib, ovate-lanceolate, 4.5-5(-6) mm, margins narrow, scarious, apex obtuse, usually glandular-hairy; petals absent or 5, 1-4 mm, shorter than to equaling sepals; stamens 3-5(-8); anthers red-violet; styles 3, outwardly curved, becoming curled, 0.5-1 mm.twardly curved, becoming curled, 0.5-1 mm.  +
Genus Stellaria +
InflorescenceDescription '''FNA:''' terminal, 5-many-flowered cymes; bracts ovate and shortly acuminate to lanceolate-acute, 1-40 mm, herbaceous.  +
Is Documented by MRG Sitka  +
LeafDescription '''FNA:''' petiolate (proximal) or ± sessile (distal); blade usually green, ovate to broadly elliptic, 0.5-4 cm × 2-20 mm, base round to cuneate, margins entire, apex acute or shortly acuminate, ± glabrous or ciliate at base.  +
NeedBetterPhoto false  +
Occurrence is Documented  +
Origination status is Introduced +
PedicelDescription '''FNA:''' ascending, usually straight, deflexed at base in fruit, 3-40 mm, usually with line of hairs.  +
PlantDescription '''FNA:''' annual or winter annual, green, with slender taproot.  +
Scientific name is Stellaria media  +
SeedDescription '''FNA:''' reddish brown, broadly reniform to round, 0.9-1.3 mm diam., with obtuse, round, or flat-topped (broader than tall) tubercles.  +
SpecificEpithet media  +
StemDescription '''FNA:''' decumbent or ascending, diffusely branched, 4-sided, 5-40 cm, with single line of hairs along each internode.  +
Summary Only a few collections in ARCTOS, but may reports from throughout the region in AKEPIC database. It is unclear to what extent this species is present away from regular human disturbance.  +
TaxonRank species  +
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Categories Vascular Plant  + , Species  +
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 23 April 2016 06:21:53  +
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File:20140726-stellaria media.jpg + FileSpecies
Observation:Mgoff 469 + , Observation:Mgoff 469 + Species Observed
 

 

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