NameThatPlant.net: Holosteum umbellatum ssp. umbellatum

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Holosteum umbellatum ssp. umbellatum FAMILY Caryophyllaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Holosteum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Holosteum umbellatum FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-09-001:

Holosteum umbellatum FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

COMMON NAME:
Jagged Chickweed

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Holosteum umbellatum ssp. umbellatum FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Holosteum umbellatum FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-09-001:
Holosteum umbellatum FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

3206

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, lawns, disturbed shale barrens, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common in Carolina Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & opposite
Leaves sessile
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 sepals
5 petals
3-5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in umbels

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

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