Stellaria aquatica

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the carnation family}} {{Speciesbox |image = Myosoton aquaticum Sturm9.jpg |genus = Stellaria |species = aquatica |authority = (L.) Scop |synonyms = ''Myosoton aquaticum'' <small>(L.) Moench</small> }}

'''''Stellaria aquatica''''' is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family Caryophyllaceae,<ref name="Mohlenbrock">{{cite book|last1=Mohlenbrock|first1=Robert H.|title=Flowering Plants: Pokeweeds, Four-o'clocks, Carpetweeds, Cacti, Purslanes, Goosefoots, Pigweeds, and Pinks|date=18 July 2001|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=9780809323807|page=147|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UP4FnDJHYpsC&q=Myosoton&pg=PA146|accessdate=18 June 2016|language=en}}</ref> known as '''water chickweed''' or '''giant chickweed'''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Water Chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum)|url=http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/water_chickweed.htm|website=www.illinoiswildflowers.info|accessdate=18 June 2016}}</ref> It is a perennial herbaceous dicot<ref>{{cite web|title=Plants Profile for Myosoton aquaticum (giantchickweed)|url=http://plants.usda.gov/plant-profile?symbol=MYAQ|website=plants.usda.gov|access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> plant with stems between {{Convert abbreviated|10 and 100|cm|sigfig=1}} high,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Committee|first1=Flora of North America Editorial|title=Flora of North America: North of Mexico|year=1993|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195222111|page=96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NURmQDm_dJsC&q=%22Myosoton+Aquaticum%22&pg=PA96|language=en}}</ref> growing in humid, wet areas, for example, on the sides of gutters or under or between bushes. It occurs naturally in the temperate regions of central and western Europe. The flowers are white. The plants bloom between June and August.

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