Chickweed

Indentification and Look-alikes

Identification
Chickweed Key Characteristics
Stellaria media Checklist

Many plants grow closely

together
Trailing stems, 8 in (20 cm)
long
Hairs down one side of stem
and on flower buds
Leaves grow opposite from
each other off of stem
Leaves have no teeth on the
edges
No hairs on the leaves

Leaves are 2 cm long and

wide, oval-shaped with a point
Tine whites flowers

5 deeply notched petals that

look like 10 petals

Look-alikes
Mouse-ear Chickweed Scarlet Pimpernel
Cerastium Anagallis arvensis

Fuzzy leaves and stems. Petals not as Leaves with veins. Usually Blue or
deeply divided. orange flowers. No hairs on stem.

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