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lesser chickweed
Stellaria apetala
27 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
common chickweedStellaria media
Sticky mouse-ear chickweedCerastium glomeratum
Common mouse-ear chickweedCerastium fontanum
Thyme-leaved SandwortArenaria serpyllifolia
Greater ChickweedStellaria neglecta
Peronospora alsinearum
Puccinia arenariae
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 7,021 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 6,875 |
| Czechia | 78 |
| Germany | 67 |
| New York | 48 |
| Italy | 40 |
| New Jersey | 38 |
| United Kingdom | 38 |
| England | 37 |
| Nord-Ovest | 36 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | pinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales |
| Family | pink family · Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus | chickweeds · Stellaria |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise lesser chickweed with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.