trefle.io · Taken Feb 27, 2019 by Fejul Xeto (cc-by-sa)
Caryophyllaceae
Common chickweed
Stellaria media
Also known as Stellaria media var. glabra, Starweed, Stellularia media, Winterweed
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Edible · Annual · White · Flowers · Cool · Season · Ground · Cover · Self-Seeding · Forage
Common chickweed is an extremely hardy annual that grows readily in cool, moist conditions. It produces small white star-shaped flowers and edible leaves that can be harvested throughout the growing season. This low-maintenance plant often self-seeds in garden beds.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Light watering to keep soil consistently moist · Every 3-5 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Amur, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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