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§1 Plant

Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.

vernacular common chickweed — subspecies · Caryophyllaceae

USDA
STMEP
GBIF
8311921 syn.
Rank
subspecies
common chickweed (Stellaria media ssp. pallida)
Platephotograph · Jim WalkerCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual, Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Caryophyllaceae Juss.
Genus
Stellaria
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 12 counties across 5 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 12 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 12 counties across 5 states/territories.

Kentucky view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 3 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 I ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/STMEP ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/8311921 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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