Plant Portrait

Scientific Name:

Stellaria pubera

Common Name:

Star Chickweed, Great Chickweed

Native/Alien:

Native

Type:

Perennial

Blooming Plant

Star Chickweed

Tom Harville's garden, April 2004
© Tom Harville

Buds and Blooms

Notice how most have five petals but they are split so it looks like ten!

closer

Black Mountain, April 2007
© MB Baumeister

Links:

USDA PLANTS Database Record

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