Common chickweed - Stellaria media

Pentax K20D • ¹⁄₄₀₀ sec • ƒ / 2,8 • 150 mm • ISO 100 •  smc PENTAX-D FA 100mm F2.8 MACRO Blender, Lower Saxony, Germany Common chickweed - Stellaria media Very variable prostrate to erect, much-branded annual, to 40 cm. Stem With single line of hairs down length. Leaves Lower leaves ling-stalked, 3-20 mm. Flowers Sepals 4.5-5 mm; petals deeply bifid, ≤sepals, sometimes absent; 3-8 stamens; red-violet anthers. Habitat Persistent weed of arable crops, gardens, roadsides, waste ground, on fertile soils; also costal seabird and seal colonies, shore drift lines. Distribution Native. Abundant throughout British Island (All Europe.) Flowers Year-round Source: Collins Flower Guide, David Streeter, HarperCollins Publishers, London 2009 pg 124/125 uuid="8722721F-D3F5-4773-A6E7-E6B7D876C2C7" id="Germany lilleulven.com 20140419_140512_DE_Lower Saxony_Blender__-2-2-2.dng Plant Macro Lilleulven.com"

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