stellaria pubera - giant chickweed/Great Chickweed/Star Chickweed
The Giant Chickweed (Stellaria pubera) is a weak-stemmed perennial that grows to 16 inches tall. Its form is thinly spreading and hairy. The stem leaves are opposite, mostly lanceolate, and grow up to 3.5 inches long.
The inflorescence is a leafy, open, terminal cyme with regular white flowers about 1/2 inch wide. The flowers have 5 petals that are very deeply cleft and appear as 10 petals.
This plant flowers from April to May. It is common, and is found in rich woods from New York to Illinois and south to northern Florida and Louisiana.
The inflorescence is a leafy, open, terminal cyme with regular white flowers about 1/2 inch wide. The flowers have 5 petals that are very deeply cleft and appear as 10 petals.
This plant flowers from April to May. It is common, and is found in rich woods from New York to Illinois and south to northern Florida and Louisiana.