Stellaria media, Common chickweed - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Common chickweed, Chickenwort, Craches, Maruns, Winterweed

Botanical name & synonyms: Stellaria media, Alsine apetala, Alsine avicularum, Alsine barbata, Alsine bipartita, Alsine brachypetala, Alsine brachypetala, Alsine elongata, Alsine media, Alsine repens, Alsine vulgaris, Alsinella wallichiana, Alsinula media, Arenaria vulgaris, Cerastium medium, Holosteum alsine, Malachia calycina, Stellaria apetala, Stellaria cucubaloides, Stellaria pilosa, Stellaria vulgaris

Family: Pink, carnation family (Caryophyllaceae)

• native to Europe
  

• annual
  

• 5 to 30 cm
  

• flower III to X
  

• medicinal, culinary herb
  

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 0,4 gram