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Chickweed🌸
Stellaria media
コハコベ（ハコベ）
One of the seven herbs of spring (hakobera). A small herb found along roadsides and in fields throughout the year. The white 5-petaled flowers are so deeply bifid that they appear to have 10 petals. Well known as bird feed.
Identification Points
- ✓Small white flowers (5 petals deeply bifid, appearing as 10)
- ✓A single line of hairs runs along one side of the stem
- ✓Stems are flexible and do not snap easily when pulled
- ✓Leaves are ovate and opposite
Habitat
Roadsides, fields, parks, gardens
Season
Nearly year-round (flowers)
Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification
Leaf arrangement
Opposite
Leaf type
Simple
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf dissection
Dissected
Leaf shape
Linear
Growth form
Herb
Petal count
5 petals
Petal fusion
Free
Flower color
White
Flowering season
Spring
Habitat
Roadside
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Ovary position
Superior
Stamen count
3-4
Phylogenetic Positionナデシコ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous to Paleogene
Sources & References
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