Stellaria media (L.) Vill., 1789 37% complete

Common chickweed

Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 3: 615 (1789)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Stellaria media, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced13 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded8 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Vill. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 3: 615 (1789) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1789 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Common chickweed No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Temp. Eurasia, N. & NE. Trop. Africa No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 24 cm
  • 23.8 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 183 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 65, 71, 86, 108, 158, 164, 174, 175, 178, 203, 251, 449, 500, 503, 526, 598, 655, 699, 716, 853, 863, 897, 902
Differs from sources
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 18 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 158, 164, 174, 175, 178, 350, 500, 655, 833, 918
Sourced
Flower color white, magenta Sourced
Foliage texture fine Sourced
Fruit shape capsule Sourced
Inflorescence type empty Not on the record
Maximum height 38 cm
  • 37.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 65, 71, 86, 108, 158, 164, 174, 175, 178, 203, 251, 449, 500, 503, 526, 598, 655, 699, 716, 853, 863, 897, 902
Differs from sources
Sexuality hermaphrodite Sourced
Phenology
Bloom months jan, feb, mar, apr, may
  • jan, feb, mar, apr, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 163, 174, 203, 833
Sourced
Duration annual, biennial, perennial
  • annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 39 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 65, 71, 86, 110, 164, 175, 178, 203, 403, 598, 818, 882, 918
Sourced
Fruit months empty
  • mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct, nov · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 882
Not on the record
Ecology
Ground humidity 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric)
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None
  • None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 444, 445, 882
Sourced
Soil nutriments 7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic)
  • 7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 8 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record