Stellaria media (L.) Vill.
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
- Pink family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Stellaria media (L.) Vill.
Nomencl. ref.: Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 3(2): 615 (1789)
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Common chickweed
English name: chickweed English name: common chickweed
Spanish name: picagallina
French name: mouron des oiseaux
Italian name: Centocchio comune
German name: Vogelmiere
Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual, Perennial
Synonyms:
Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. media
2) Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. neglecta (Weihe) Murb.
3) Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.
4) Stellaria media (L.) Vill. var. glaberrima G. Beck, sensu Fernald
5) Stellaria media (L.) Vill. var. procera Klett & Richt.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Stellaria
Species:
Page counter: 1681 ( AVG: 221.98 / 291.019 )
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Stellaria media
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Stellaria media
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Stellaria media
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi
Stellaria media
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia
Stellaria media
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Stellaria media
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia
Stellaria media
Credit: Photo by Giancarlo Pasquali
Stellaria media
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia
Stellaria media
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Stellaria media
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Stellaria media
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Stellaria media
Credit: Photo by Alfonso La Rosa
Stellaria media
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain
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Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia
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Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana
Stellaria media
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi
Stellaria media
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Stellaria media
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi
Stellaria media
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
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Map for Stellaria media (L.) Vill.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. media [1078]
2) Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn. [425]
3) Stellaria media (L.) Vill. var. glaberrima G. Beck, sensu Fernald [179]
4) Stellaria monantha Hultén [139]
5) Stellaria monantha Hultén var. altocaulis Hultén [158]
6) Stellaria neglecta Weihe [221]
7) Stellaria palustris (Murray) Retz. [781]
8) Stellaria sylvatica (Beguinot) Maguire [138]
9) Stellaria weberi B. Boivin [147]
10) Stenanthium occidentale A. Gray [213]
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