Stellaria media

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Noun1.Stellaria media - a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowersStellaria media - a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowers; cosmopolitan; so-called because it is eaten by chickens
chickweed - any of various plants of the genus Stellaria
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As to the treatments composed by black oat and vetch, the species which presented highest IVI was Stellaria media, weed plant belonging to the Caryophyllaceae family, with values equivalent to 45,53 and 38,11, respectively.
canadensis (L.) Bolli MRE [Common Elderberry] Caryophyllaceae Stellaria media (L.) Vill.
bulbifera, and Stellaria media. Flowering herbs common to abundant in summer through fall included Fallopia scandens, Galium triflorum, Impatiens capensis, Laporlea canadensis, Lycopus americanus, Pilea pumila, Sanicula odorata, Solidago altissima, S.
(Gentianales: Rubiaceae) and Stellaria media (L.) grew along the forest/ field edge in homogeneous stands large enough (~ 5 m x 5 m) to place a Malaise traps in their center.
But there may be other nyctinastic candidates that bloom in late May in the same climate and at the same time as buttercups and wild roses, such as chickweed, which has star-shaped flowers and is actually named Stellaria media.
Porsild (1953:57) argues that the only two sure cases are Stellaria media (p.
Diagnostic species: Carex heterolepis, Juncus filiformis, Poa pratensis, Scirpus orientalis, Stellaria media. Constant species: Cicuta virosa, Scirpus orientalis.
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