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STELLARIA MEDIA L.
Bayer Code: STEME American name: chickweed English name: chickweed
Cat. No. 9630

Synonyms: none
French name: mouron des oiseaux
German name: Vogelmiere
Spanish name: pamplina

Family: Caryophyllaceae

Distribution: Common in temperate Northern hemisphere, introduced in S. hemisphere.

Information: Annual, often a winter annual even flowering throughout mild winters.
Significant weed in winter cereals and vegetable crops. Used as a spring vegetable in E. Europe.

Price per 1000g: �110

Seeds per gram: 2000

Germination advice: Sow 2mm deep at 10-25C, needs abundant water.

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