Family: Caryophyllaceae Common Chickweed Stellaria media Flowering: January-December. Annual / perennial. Native Very common in moist, nitrogenous soil in fields, gardens, waste ground, woods and on roadsides An untidy sprawling plant, very variable but with hairless leaves, cordate with central vein. Small white flowers with deeply indented petals are followed by round, warted seeds. Height 5-40cm Similar: Three-nerved Sandwort, Moehringia trinervia 3-veined leaves

Common Chickweed, Stellaria media
Holton Lee, Dorset. October 2012