PLANTS Profile for Stellaria media ssp. pallida (common chickweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.
common chickweed

Symbol:

STMEP

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

More Information:

Images:
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.

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Synonyms:
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.

	ALPA13	Alsine pallida Dumort.
	STAP2	Stellaria apetala auct. non Ucria ex Roem.
	STMEG	Stellaria media (L.) Vill. var. glaberrima G. Beck, sensu Fernald
	STPA13	Stellaria pallida (Dumort.) Crép.

Distribution:
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AR, CA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, NC, NE, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 32 species in Stellaria, 3 subspecies in Stellaria media (L.) Vill.

Classification:
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Stellaria L. – starwort
Species	Stellaria media (L.) Vill. – common chickweed
Subspecies	Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn. – common chickweed

U.S. Weed Information:
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.

Stellaria media
common chickweed

The related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

KY		Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
NE&GP		Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS		Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.

Introduced Information:
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Common Name=	A \| B \| C \| D \| E \| F \| G \| H \| I \| J \| K \| L \| M \| N \| O \| P \| Q \| R \| S \| T \| U \| V \| W \| X \| Y \| Z \| all

Wetland Indicator Status:
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.

Stellaria media:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU

UPL*

FACU

UPL

FACU-

UPL

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524721.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/10/2008 06:55 AM MDT