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| Mouseear chickweed seedling. |
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| Mouseear chickweed plant. |
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Life cycle:: Patch-forming perennial.
Reproduction: Seeds and creeping stems.
Leaves: Opposite, dark green, oval to spatula-shaped leaves with pointed tips and smooth margins are densely hairy and stalkless.
Stems: Prostrate, spreading stems are capable of rooting at the nodes to form dense patches. Stems are slender and very finely hairy with swollen nodes.
Flowers and fruit: Small, white flowers have five petals. Each petal is notched deeply to resemble a pair of petals. Green, hairy sepals surround petals.
Fruit are slightly curved, cylinder-shaped capsules that contain many tiny, brown seeds. |
