. A manual of weeds : with descriptions of all the most pernicious and troublesome plants in the United States and Canada, their habits of growth and distribution, with methods of control . Weeds. CABYOPHYLLACEAE {PINK FAMILY) 139 sepals, opening by twice as many valves as there are styles. Seeds many, minutely roughened. (Fig. 90.) Means of control Close and frequent cutting for the purpose of starving the root- stocks and preventing seed production. COMMON CHICKWEED Stelldria media, Cyrill. {Alsine media, L.) Other English names: Starwort, Starweed, Winterweed, Birdweed. Introduced. Annual.
. A manual of weeds : with descriptions of all the most pernicious and troublesome plants in the United States and Canada, their habits of growth and distribution, with methods of control . Weeds. CABYOPHYLLACEAE {PINK FAMILY) 139 sepals, opening by twice as many valves as there are styles. Seeds many, minutely roughened. (Fig. 90.) Means of control Close and frequent cutting for the purpose of starving the root- stocks and preventing seed production. COMMON CHICKWEED Stelldria media, Cyrill. {Alsine media, L.) Other English names: Starwort, Starweed, Winterweed, Birdweed. Introduced. Annual. Propagates by seeds. Time of bloom: Throughout the year. Seed-time: Throughout the four seasons. Range: Throughout the world. Habitat: Gardens, cultivated fields, lawns, meadows, waste places. In spite of its frail appearance, this plant is probably the hardiest and the most persistent weed on earth. Its range nears the Arctic Circle, and the writer picked green and thrifty stems, bearing buds, flowers, and seeds, within a yard of a melting snow- bank, during a "January thaw" of the present winter. The seed, though small, retains its vitality for many years. Stems tufted, slender, weak, many- branched, creeping or ascending, with a fringe of hairs down one side. Leaves usually not much more than a half-inch in length, ovate, smooth, entire, the lower ones with hairy petioles, the upper ones sessile, so numerous that the plant often covers the ground like a green mat. Flowers in terminal, leafy cymes or solitary in the axils, on very slender pedicels; each of the five small, snowy petals is cleft down its center, forming a white star, which is set chiekweed~(.SteuZZ within a larger green one, formed of media), Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Georgia, Ada Eljiva, 1859-1921. New Y
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