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Holosteum umbellatum
Also called Umbellate chickweed, Umbellate Jagged Chickweed
Jagged chickweed is a small annual weed of the pink family, native to Europe and parts of Asia and North Africa, and since introduced to North America. It is a wild plant of dry, open ground rather than a garden or houseplant, so the care notes below describe how it behaves in the wild.
Holosteum umbellatum, the jagged chickweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to Europe but has also been introduced to North America.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Holosteum umbellatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
