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And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day" (Genesis 1:31)
Wild Flowers of Sleepy Hollow Lake
- Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) -
(click on the photos to enlarge)
There are about twenty-five
species of chickweed growing in the United States. This common chickweed species is
the only one that is well known. This small patch is growing in the rip-rap along
our shoreline.
This is another patch of
common chickweed growing among other plants. The common chickweed flowers are only
about one-fourth of an inch across. To give some sense of scale to the size of
the chickweed, note the dry pine needles that stretch two-thirds of the way across this
photo.
Even the small flowers of
God's creation have an amazing amount of detail. The common chickweed has five
deeply notched petals and five sepals. In some species, the sepals are larger than
the petals. This common chickweed has five styles curling up from the center of the
flower and ten stamens stretching out from around the base.
Chickweed is a member of
the Pink family. Chickweed blooms throughout the growing season and produces a large
number of seeds. The seeds of the common chickweed are relished by songbirds, which
led to its common name.
The ten stamens are much
more evident in this photo. Note the hairy underside of the sepals on the bud in the
lower left of the photo. The same hairiness appears also on the leaves and stems.
In this photo we can get a
better look at the hairy surfaces of the leaves and stems of the common chickweed.
Many people consider the
common chickweed to be nothing more than a "common weed" and an unwelcome
inhabitant of their lawns. But to us, and hopefully to a growing number of other
people, the common chickweed has a beauty and character worthy of being a welcomed guest.
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