Scientific Name
Stellaria pubera
Common Name
Giant chickweed; Star chickweed
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
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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