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Alsine media

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Name

Identification
Alsine media L. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Stellaria cuspidata
  • Alsine sp.
  • Stellaria media
  • Arenaria indet.
  • Alsine media
Common name
  • mouron des oiseaux, Flora of North America Vol. 5
  • Common chickweed, Flora of North America Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for STELLARIA media Villars [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 120, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
STELLARIA media Villars [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE], Delph. III. p. 615;—E. Bot. t. 537.
Alsine media Lin. [family ], Schk. t. 85. E. & Z.! 264.
Information
stems diffuse, ascending or erect, with a line of hairs along one side; leaves with ciliate petioles, ovate, acute, quite glabrous, the upper ones sessile; flowers solitary, axillary and terminal; pedicels long, pubescent; petals as long as the calyx or shorter. Annual. Stems terete, 3–12 inches long. Petals sometimes minute or altogether deficient. Stamens 3–4, often 5, rarely 10.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA A weed in cultivated ground, everywhere; introduced from Europe.—“ Chickweed .”

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