Scientific Name
Stellaria pubera

Common Name
Giant chickweed; Star chickweed
Life Cycle: Perennial


Height: 6 to 16 inches
Flower/fruit: .5 inch white flowers with five petals, each divided into two linear segments  
Flowering Season: Spring into early summer
Foliage: Up to 3 inch fairly broad, elliptical, nonstalked leaves, pointed at each end; weak stems with two fine hairy lines
Site: Deciduous woods, rocky slopes
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