PLANTS Profile for Stellaria media ssp. media (common chickweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. media
common chickweed


Symbol:		STMEM
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Caryophyllaceae
Growth Habit:		Forb/herb
Duration:		Annual Perennial
U.S. Nativity:		Introduced

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Line Drawing of Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. media

Alsine media

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 2: 43. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Guidelines.

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Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. media

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Plant Synonyms:
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. media

	Symbol	Scientific Name	Characteristics	FactSheets	Plant Guides
	ALME5	Alsine media L.
	STAP3	Stellaria apetala Ucria ex Roemer
	STMEP2	Stellaria media (L.) Vill. var. procera Klatt & Richter

Plant Distribution by State:
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. media

State Distributional Map for Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. media

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	AL AZ CA CO CT DC FL GA HI IA ID KY LA MA ME MN MO	MS MT ND NH NJ NM NV OK OR RI SD UT VT WA WI WY

Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. media occures in the following states: Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming

Related Taxa:
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. media

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 32 species in Stellaria, 3 subspecies in Stellaria media (L.) Vill.

Classification:
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. media

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae –
Order	Caryophyllales –
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Stellaria L. – starwort
Species	Stellaria media (L.) Vill. – common chickweed
Subspecies	Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. media – common chickweed

Invasive Information:
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. media

Stellaria media (L.) Vill.
common chickweed

The related entity italicized and indented above is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.

KY		Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and Adjacent States: A Field Guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
NE&GP;		Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS		Whitson, T.D. (Ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.

Introduced Information:
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. media

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. media

STME2 : Stellaria media

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. media

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524719.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/29/2006 08:39 PM MDT