Caryophyllaceae
Common chickweed
Stellaria media
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Stellaria
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Common names
By language (62)
- Afrikaans
- Sterremuur
- Arabic
- حشيشة القزاز, أذان الفأر, حشيشه العلق, حشيشه القزاز, زهر نجم, عشبة الطيور, فيللار, كبين
- Armenian
- Աստղիկ սովորական
- arz
- حشيشه القزاز
- Asturian
- Meruxa
- azb
- عادی جینجیلیم
- Azerbaijani
- Adi cincilim, Orta cincilim
- Basque
- Sapelar
- Belarusian
- Зоркаўка сярэдняя, Макрыца, Макруха, Макрыца белая, Макрэц белы
- Bulgarian
- Врабчови чревца
- Catalan
- Morró, Burrissol, Stellaire intermédiaire
- Chinese
- 繁縷, 繁缕, 長毛箐姑草, 长毛箐姑草, 鸡儿肠, 鹅耳伸筋, 鹅肠菜
- Croatian
- Mišjakinja
- csb
- Mëszôk
- Czech
- Ptačinec prostřední, Ptačinec žabinec
- Danish
- Almindelig Fuglegræs, Fuglegræs, Fuglegræs-Fladstjerne
- Dutch
- Vogelmuur, Zandhoornbloem
- English
- Common chickweed, Little mouse-ear chickweed
- Estonian
- Vesihein
- Finnish
- Pihatähtimö, Vesiheinä
- French
- Stellaire intermédiaire, Morgeline, Mouron blanc, Mouron des oiseaux
- frr
- Swaamp
- Galician
- Muruxa
- German
- Gewöhnliche Vogelmiere, Hühnerdarm, Vogel-Sternmiere, Vogelmiere, Stellaire intermédiaire
- Hebrew
- כוכבית מצויה
- hsb
- Ptači hwězdnik
- Hungarian
- Tyúkhúr, Közönséges tyúkhúr
- Icelandic
- Haugarfi
- Indonesian
- Jukut piyik
- Irish
- Fliodh
- Italian
- Bellichina, Centocchio comune, Centonchio, Erba paperina
- Japanese
- コハコベ, ハコベ#主な種
- kab
- Asladan
- Korean
- 별꽃
- Kurdish
- Giyaberk
- kw
- Gledh
- Latvian
- Parastā virza
- Lithuanian
- Daržinė žliūgė, Stellaire intermédiaire
- Macedonian
- Обична ѕвезденка, Обична глувчетина
- nds
- Voegelmure
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vassarve, Vassarv
- os
- Фæлмæнгæрдæг
- Persian
- علف زمستانی
- Polish
- Gwiazdnica pospolita
- Portuguese
- Morugem, Esparguta, Merugem, Morugem vulgar, Morugem-branca, Morugem-verdadeira, Morugem branca, Morugem verdadeira
- Romanian
- Răcovină, Rocoină
- Russian
- Звездчатка средняя, Мокрица, Мокрица обыкновенная, Мокрица средняя, Мокричник
- se
- Hilsku
- Serbian
- Mišjakinja, Мишјакиња, Мишњакиња
- sgs
- Žliūgis
- Slovak
- Hviezdica prostredná
- Slovenian
- Navadna zvezdica, Kurja črevca
- Spanish
- Hierba de las aves, La dama, Mariquita de invierno, Marusas, Meruya, Pica gallina, Picagallina, Picagallinas
- stq
- Ierwe, Hanne-Ierwe, Hannebäi-Ierwe
- Swedish
- Våtarv, Natagräs, Nate, Vannarre, Vassarv, Stellaire intermédiaire
- Turkish
- Kuş Otu
- Ukrainian
- Зірочник середній, Мокравник, Мокрець, Мокринець, Мокриця, Перерванець, Черевець
- vep
- Voihein
- vls
- Ganzemeur, Goezemoeze
- Walloon
- Moron
- Welsh
- Gwlyddyn y dom, Gwlyddyn y dom gwlydd y dom, Gwlydd y dom, Llysau'r dom
- xmf
- Ჩე ჯუმენია
Synonyms
- Alsine apetala Kit. ex Nyman
- Alsine avicularum Lam.
- Alsine barbata Stokes
- Alsine bipartita Gilib.
- Alsine brachypetala Opiz
- Alsine elongata Jord. & Fourr.
- Alsine glabella Jord. & Fourr.
- Alsine gussonii Jord. & Fourr.
- Alsine media L.
- Alsine media Druce
- Alsine media var. transiens (Bég.) Tzvelev
- Alsine pallida Dumort.
- Alsine repens Vell.
- Alsine vulgaris Moench
- Alsinella wallichiana Benth.
- Arenaria vulgaris Bernh.
- Stellaria abortiva Gay
- Stellaria boraeana Jord.
- Stellaria glabra Raunk.
- Stellaria hiemalis (Bég.) Raunk.
- Stellaria media f. apetala Rouy & Foucaud
- Stellaria media f. malachioides Macloskie
- Stellaria media var. apetala Speg.
- Stellaria media var. media
- Stellaria media var. normalis Speg.
- Stellaria monogyna D.Don
- Stellularia media (L.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- February to May (from 5,507 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Joe Potter Butler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Emily Summerbell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kaldari, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Евгения, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Fleshy starwortStellaria crassifoliaCaryophyllaceae
- Longleaf starwortStellaria longifoliaCaryophyllaceae
- Greater chickweedStellaria neglectaCaryophyllaceae
- Saltmarsh starwortStellaria humifusaCaryophyllaceae
- Common chickweedStellaria pallidaCaryophyllaceae
- Boreal starwortStellaria borealisCaryophyllaceae
- Longstalk starwortStellaria longipesCaryophyllaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.