Chickweed (Stellaria media) is a common cool-weather “weed” that grows abundantly throughout North America and other temperate regions around the world. It also happens to be edible, nutritious, and have a long history of medicinal use.
Chickweed is not native to the US. Rather, it was brought over by European immigrants, but can now be found in all 50 US states.
A young chickweed (Stellaria media) plant begins its slow, steady crawl outward across the soil surface.
The extent of its geographic distribution gives you a sense of just how robust and hardy this little plant is!
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