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Common Name : Common chickweed
Family : Caryophyllaceae
Diffuse to ascending, annual, decumbent,
glabrous, branching herb.
Flaccid, rooting from the lower nodes, line of
hairs on the branches.
Ovate-elliptic to oblong, spathulate.
White, numerous, axillary.
Stellaria media (L.) Vill.
Capsule ovoid, exceeding the calyx, 6 valved.
Circular, flattened, surface covered with
conspicuous curved rows of short irregular
projetions; Greyish brown to reddish brown.
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