It is native to eurasia and naturalized throughout the world.
Chickweed flower.
Each flower is about 1 cm across with 5 deeply notched white petals usually with ten stamens with light yellow to greenish or even reddish anthers and a round green ovary in the centre with 5 filament like styles at the top.
Unchecked chickweed plants release lots of chickweed seeds and spread across your lawn like a plague.
Chickweed flowers are 1 8 to 1 4 inch in diameter and consist of five double lobed white petals supported by a whorl of five green sepals.
The flowers somewhat resemble carnation flowers chickweed is actually a member of the carnation family caryophyllaceae.
A very common garden weed chickweed grows flowers and sets seed all year round.
Mouse ear grows more commonly as an invasive species.
Chickweed flowers and leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.
Chickweed flowers are small white and are held tightly in the upper leaf axils.
The leaves are dark green like mouse ear chickweed but are shaped more narrowly than other chickweeds.
They do not open in dull weather.
The flowers of star chickweed are twice the size of common chickweed s flowers.
The leaves fold up at night time enfolding and protecting the tender buds of new shoots.
Hey guys in this identification video we will cover three different types of chickweed.
Chickweed and other lawn weeds do best when you allow them to grow to maturity.
They open into loose branching clusters with age on 1 2 inch hairy stalks.
Field chickweed or cerastium arvense is a native north american plant that s more of a flower than a weed.
Wait until the soil is dry to prevent missed chickweed seeds from germinating in wet soil.
The two photos on the left of this composite image are common chickweed stellaria media while the two on the right are star chickweed stellaria pubera.
Lastly here s more useful information about common chickweed and its relatives.
Wild birds also love to eat chickweed seeds.
Chickweed is also grown as feed for chickens and pigs hence its common names clucken wort chicken weed and birdseed.
Learning how to identify chickweed is an easy process and it works fo.
Stellaria media chickweed is an annual and perennial flowering plant in the family caryophyllaceae.
To avoid having chickweed flowers running riot across your yard it s a good idea to engage in regular lawn mowing.
Fresh flowers and leaves are tossed into salads stir fries stews or pesto.