Stellaria media (L) Vill.
Synonyms: = Alsine media, S. apetala
Common name: Common chickweed
Food
Aboveground parts – excellent potherb or greens eaten by western Indians (Ebeling 1986:42).
Experimentation
I have eaten the aboveground parts and foliage as greens many times. It is common in my area and excellent fresh, crisp, and raw. It has a mild, sweetish taste.
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. in GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-04-20.Stellaria media (L.) Vill. observed in Canada by Noah How (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Stellaria media (L.) Vill. observed in Germany by Alexis (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Stellaria media (L.) Vill. observed in Germany by Alexis (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Stellaria media (L.) Vill. observed in Germany by Alexis (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Stellaria media (L.) Vill. observed in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by Stephen James McWilliam (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ )
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