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Indentification and Look-Alikes: Identification

This document provides identification information and look-alikes for chickweed. It details the key characteristics of chickweed such as trailing stems, opposite leaves, oval leaves without teeth, and tiny white flowers with 5 deeply notched petals. It also lists mouse-ear chickweed and scarlet pimpernel as common look-alikes and how to distinguish them.

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Indentification and Look-Alikes: Identification

This document provides identification information and look-alikes for chickweed. It details the key characteristics of chickweed such as trailing stems, opposite leaves, oval leaves without teeth, and tiny white flowers with 5 deeply notched petals. It also lists mouse-ear chickweed and scarlet pimpernel as common look-alikes and how to distinguish them.

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Chickweed

Indentification and Look-alikes

Identification
Chickweed Key Characteristics
Stellaria media Checklist

Many plants grow closely


together
Trailing stems, 8 in (20 cm)
long
Hairs down one side of stem
and on flower buds
Leaves grow opposite from
each other off of stem
Leaves have no teeth on the
edges
No hairs on the leaves

Leaves are 2 cm long and


wide, oval-shaped with a point
Tine whites flowers

5 deeply notched petals that


look like 10 petals

Look-alikes
Mouse-ear Chickweed Scarlet Pimpernel
Cerastium Anagallis arvensis

Fuzzy leaves and stems. Petals not as Leaves with veins. Usually Blue or
deeply divided. orange flowers. No hairs on stem.

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