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Common chickweed |
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| Scientific Name | Stellaria media (L.) Vill. |
| Other Names | starweed, winterweed, satin flower, starwort |
| Life Cycle | winter annual |
| General Description | A prostrate growing winter annual with small, ovate leaves. |
| Seedlings | Cotyledons are slender and ovate with hairy stalks. Begins to branch after five leaf pairs. |
| True Leaves and Stem | Stems have very few hairs. Leaves are opposite and ovate with a pointed apex. Petioles may or not be present. |
| Roots | fiberous |
| Flower and Fruit | Small, white, five-petal flowers are found at the ends of stems. May look as if there are 10 petals. Fruits are brown capsules containing the flat, kidney shaped seeds. |