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Common chickweed
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stellaria
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Stellaria is a genus of about 90-120 species flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae , with a cosmopolitan distribution . Common names include starwort , stitchwort and chickweed .
Usage examples of stellaria.
Several plants have been named Chickweed, one of them a plant belonging to the Purslane family and four species of Cerastium -the Mouse Ear Chickweeds - but the name especially belongs to the plant in question, Stellaria media, the ubiquitous garden weed, of which our caged birds are as fond as they are of Groundsel, a taste shared by young chickens, to whose diet it makes a wholesome addition.