Stellaria media (L.) Vill.

Common Name : Common chickweed
Family : Caryophyllaceae

HABIT

DIFFUSE TO ASCENDING, ANNUAL, DECUMBENT, GLABROUS, BRANCHING HERB.

STEMS

FLACCID, ROOTING FROM THE LOWER NODES, LINE OF HAIRS ON THE BRANCHES

LEAVES

OVATE-ELLIPTIC TO OBLONG, SPATHULATE

FLOWERS

WHITE, NUMEROUS, AXILLARY.

FRUITS

CAPSULE OVOID, EXCEEDING THE CALYX, 6 VALVED.

SEEDS

CIRCULAR, FLATTENED, SURFACE COVERED WITH CONSPICUOUS CURVED ROWS OF SHORT IRREGULAR
PROJETIONS; GREYISH BROWN TO REDDISH BROWN.