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Starwort

Stellaria

Also called Chickweed, Stitchwort, Stitchworts, Chickweeds, Chickweeds And Stitchworts

Stellaria is a genus of about 190 small herbs, including the common chickweed, grown or tolerated as weeds and ground cover. Most are hardy, low-growing plants that thrive in cool, moist conditions.

Family: Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Light: Part shade, Full sun
Water: Keep soil evenly moist; most species wilt in dry spells but recover quickly.
Soil: Ordinary, moist garden soil or loam; tolerates a wide range of soils.
Temperature: 5–20 °C is comfortable; most are hardy to about -15 °C.
How easy: Easy
Safety: Not known to be toxic

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Stellaria is a genus of about 190 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common names include starwort, stitchwort and chickweed.

Other Stellaria plants

Grass-like starwort · Longleaf starwort · Common chickweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stellaria 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.

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