Family: Caryophyllaceae Water Chickweed Stellaria aquatica (Myosoton aquaticum) Flowering time: June-September. Perennial. Native in GB Found in damp or wet habitats in woods and marshes and by streams, ponds, lakes and canals Can look like a very large Common Chickweed but growth is more erect and it is more/less hairy instead of hairless. The white flowers on hairy stalks have 5 deeply divided petals that are much longer than the sepals, 10 stamens and 5 styles. Seed capsules open with 5 split teeth Similar: Greater Chickweed, Stellaria neglecta has 10 reddish stamens

Water Chickweed, Myosoton aquaticum
Wimborne, Dorset. September 2015