Stellaria neglecta




Family Caryophyllaceae
Subfamily Alsinoideae
Tribe Alsineae
Scientific name Stellaria neglecta Weihe
Synonyms Alsine neglecta (Weihe) Á. Löve & D. Löve; Stellaria diversiflora Maximowicz var. gymnandra Franchet; Stellaria media (L.) Villars subsp. neglecta (Weihe) Murbeck; Stellaria media (L.) Villars var. decandra Fenzl; Stellaria media var. procera Klatt & Richter; Stellaria octandra Pobedimova
Common name (Japanese common name) midori-hakobe (ミドリハコベ, 緑繁縷 [green hakobe (meaning of hakobe is unknown)])
(English common name) chickweed
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Southwestern Asia, Nepal, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Europe, Northern Africa, USA
Habitat Roadside, field, farm yard, riverside, forest, forest edge
Chromosomal number 2n=22
Description Plants 30cm tall. Leaves 15-22mm long. Flowers 5 calyx lobes each 3.5-5mm long, 5 white petals, 5-10 stamens, 3 styles, flowering in March to May. Seeds 1.2-1.5mm across. Winter annual plants.
Reference Stellaria neglecta Weihe
Stellaria L.
Selective herbicides (US Patent 3967951/1976)
2,3-Dicyanopyrazines (US Patent 4259489/1981)
Phenoxypropionic acid ester derivatives as herbicides (US Patent 4948421/1990)
Benzaldehyde oxime derivatives, production and use thereof (US Patent 5677465/1997)
Hexahydropyridazine derivative and herbicide containing the same as active ingredient (US Patent 5858923/1999)
Note common



March 2008
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
March 2008
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
March 2008
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden



March 2008
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
March 2008
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden