Stellaria nemorum

Hain- chickweed ( Stellaria nemorum )

The Hain- chickweed ( Stellaria nemorum ), also called forest - chickweed, is a flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae ( Caryophyllaceae ).

Appearance

This perennial herbaceous plant reaches heights of growth of about 20 to 60 cm. The stem grows more or less ascending, flaccid and above downward glandular shaggy hairs (rarely glabrous ). In the upper part it is all around pubescent. The leaves are ovate and acuminate, the lower ones stalked and at the base obtuse or cordate. At the edge they are ciliate.

The petals are white, almost to the basic columns and about twice as long as the lanceolate sepals. The Hain- chickweed blooms mainly by May to September.

Ecology

The Hain- chickweed is a Hemikryptophyt with far- creeping foothills.

Pollinators are flies and beetles. The seeds are large warty to 1.3 mm; it is done swimming propagation and spread as wind spreader.

Habitat requirements and distribution

The Hain- chickweed growing in perennial rich mountain forests or subalpine dwarf pine scrub, at low altitudes in bach accompanying alder forests on cool, sickerfrischen, moist, nutrient - and base-rich, low lime, humus-rich loam and clay soils.

Stellaria nemorum occurs from Scandinavia to northern southern Europe. East to Russia and the Caucasus encroaching. It is a north - subatlantisches Florenelement.

In Austria it is often found to scattered. In Switzerland, is everywhere.

The Hain- chickweed is common in Germany. Only in the north- west it is rare.

Others

From the similar in habit water intestine ( Stellaria aquatica ) the grove chickweed differs inter alia by the number of pen: There are the water bowel and three in the grove chickweed usually five. Furthermore, the Hain- chickweed has, in contrast to water intestine long -stalked lower stem leaves, and a bottom stalk rounded and hairy stems.