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Stellaria media

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Stellaria media

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Also known as little mouse-ear chickweed, common chickweed

species of plant

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Stellaria media, commonly known as common chickweed, is a species of herbaceous plant within the family Caryophyllaceae. It belongs to the genus Stellaria and is classified under the order Caryophyllales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The scientific name is cited as (L.) Vill. This plant produces a capsule as its fruit type and is categorized as a weed.

The species has been recorded in Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin in China. It is also documented in Mexico, with records held by institutions such as IBUNAM, IIB-UV, CP, INECOL, and CIIDIR-IPN. Stellaria media serves as a source for food plants, with uses including vegetables and medicinal applications. The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists its status as Least Concern, a designation from 2012.

Synthesized by Vinony from 52 facts across 10 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Encyclopedia of Life, iNaturalist, IUCN Red List, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

common chickweed

Stellaria media

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderCaryophyllales
  5. FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Observations102,521
Observations recorded739,362

Stellaria media 繁缕（学名：Stellaria media）属石竹科繁缕属植物，为原野杂草。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
15,141
With media
11,178
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Collections
IBUNAM, IIB-UV, CP, INECOL, CIIDIR-IPN, ENCB-IPN
Recorded in
Mexico
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
herbaceous plant
Parent taxon
Stellaria
Image
COI00057905 - Stellaria media ssp. media - Garca, Pablo Prolongo y - s.n..jpg
Has use
medicinal plant
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Commons category
Stellaria media
taxon name
Stellaria media
taxon rank
species
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=310864
Commons gallery
Stellaria media
taxon common name
meruxa
has fruit type
capsule
this taxon is source of
food plant
taxon range
Zhoushan Archipelago
short name
S. media
taxon author citation
(L.) Vill.
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Encyclopedic overview

Stellaria media, chickweed, is an annual flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to Eurasia and naturalized throughout the world, where it is a weed of waste ground, farmland and gardens. It is sometimes grown as a salad crop or for poultry consumption.

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