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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Holosteum umbellatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Holosteum umbellatum ssp. umbellatum

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

Holosteum umbellatum FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Holosteum umbellatum

COMMON NAME:
Jagged Chickweed

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image of Holosteum umbellatum ssp. umbellatum, Jagged Chickweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_houm_001_lvd

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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Holosteum umbellatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Holosteum umbellatum ssp. umbellatum

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Holosteum umbellatum

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)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & opposite
Leaves sessile
Margins entire

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

Flowers in umbels

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

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