Stellaria neglecta

Large-flowered bird chickweed ( Stellaria neglecta )

The Large-flowered bird chickweed ( Stellaria neglecta ), also called lowland forest - chickweed, a species of the Caryophyllaceae family is ( Caryophyllaceae ).

Appearance

The annual herbaceous plant reaches a length of about 20 to 80 cm. The stem is hairy row. It is closely related to the bird chickweed and resembles her in habit. The leaves are ovate, short acuminate, the lower more or less stalked and can be up to 4 cm long.

The flower stems are glabrous or pubescent all around. The petals are white and as long as or slightly longer than the calyx. Sepals are more or less obtuse and 5 to 6.5 mm long. This type usually has ten purple anthers. It flowers from April to July.

The seeds have a size of 1.3 to 1.7 mm, are dark reddish brown and have four rows high, perifollicular warts.

Habitat requirements and distribution

• Flower

S. neglecta ( fruit stand )

The Large-flowered bird chickweed grows in the forest edge companies, along forest paths and weeds in hallways. It prefers moist, nutrient-rich sand and clay soils.

The distribution of Stellaria neglecta is known still insufficient. It is probably a subatlantisch - submediterranes Florenelement.

In Austria it is scattered before until rare, in Switzerland it grows generally scattered.

The Large-flowered bird chickweed comes in the middle and northern Germany absent-minded until rare. In addition, it is very rare to find.

Others

The species was once considered a subspecies of bird chickweed ( Stellaria media ) and as Stellaria media ssp. neglecta called.