Common Chickweed - Stellaria media
Alt Name
Chickweed
Description
Low to short, often semi prostrate plant, stems with a line of hairs that changes sides at each pair of leaves. Flowers white, 8 to 10 mm with 3 styles.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Cultivated land, roadside verges, farmyards, etc.
Life History
Annual.
UK Status
Very common throughout Britain.
VC55 Status
Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 605 of the 617 tetrads.
Graham CalowSapcote30 April 2008flower has 3 styles
David NichollsAylestone Meadows31 March 2009 by Leicester Road Quarry Wall Sapcote SP 4967 9366 (taken 30.4.2008).JPG)
Graham CalowLeicester Road Quarry, Sapcote30 April 2008
Barbara CooperHolwell15 April 2013
David GouldNarborough Bog, Leics21 May 2015line of hairs changes side
AJ CannKnighton09 March 20173 styles
 by Leicester Road Quarry Wall Sapcote SP 4967 9366 (taken 30.4.2008).JPG)
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Graham CalowSapcote29 March 2014
David GouldNarborough Bog, Leics21 May 2015 Granitethorpe Sapcote SP 4957 9362 (taken 31.5.2007).JPG)
Graham CalowGranitethorpe Quarry, Sapcote31 May 2007
Alan SemperHarby, footpath22 March 2012
HAPeacockGilroes Cemetery Extension24 April 2012. field near to Spring Gardens Sapcote SP 4920 9388 (taken 21.4.2008).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote21 April 2008
HAPeacockGilroes Cemetery Extension24 April 2012
HAPeacockGilroes Cemetery24 April 2012
Barbara CooperLong Clawson23 May 2012
Alan SemperMelton Country Park04 October 2012
Graham CalowSapcote02 January 2013
Alan SemperHarby road side26 June 2013
David NichollsRatby Church08 March 2014
Alan SemperHarby road side26 June 2013
 Granitethorpe Sapcote SP 4957 9362 (taken 31.5.2007).JPG)
. field near to Spring Gardens Sapcote SP 4920 9388 (taken 21.4.2008).JPG)
