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Common Chickweed (Syn. Chickweed) from Pink Family

Botanical Name

Stellaria media

Soil

A really common weed of cultivated ground and waste places, abundant throughout the British Isles

Sun Aspect

Full Sun

Soil Moisture

Moist

Plant Type

A weak, usually prostrate, pale green annual with a slender tap root and diffusely branched decumbent or ascending leafy stems, with a single line of hairs down each internode

Height x Spread in feet

1 x 0.5

Foliage

Long-stalked pale green

Flower Colour in Month(s). Seed

White throughout the year

Comment

Visited by numerous flies and small bees, and automatically self-pollinated.

Available as seed from John Chambers' Wild Flower Seeds