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Caryophyllaceae
Jagged chickweed
Holosteum umbellatum
Also known as Meyera umbellata, Cerastium umbellatum, Mouse-ear chickweed, Jagged-leaved chickweed
Native Plants · Chickweed · Wildflower · Cool Season · Self-Seeding · Groundcover · Cottage Garden · Caryophyllaceae · Woodland · Annual
Jagged chickweed is a delicate cool-season annual wildflower that prefers part shade and consistently moist, well-drained soil. It self-seeds freely and works well as a naturalized ground cover in woodland or cottage garden settings. Little intervention is needed beyond ensuring adequate moisture during dry spells.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Light, even moisture; avoid waterlogging · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 4 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, Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Cape Provinces, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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