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[[File:StellariaMedia001.JPG|thumb|right|''Stellaria media'', ''Chickweed'']]
 
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'''Chickweed''', '''Stellaria media''', is a cool-season annual plant native to Europe, but naturalized in many parts of North America. It is used as a cooling herbal remedy, and grown as a vegetable crop and ground cover for both human consumption and poultry. It is sometimes called common chickweed to distinguish it from other plants called chickweed. Other common names include chickenwort, craches, maruns, winterweed. The plant germinates in autumn or late winter, then forms large mats of foliage. Flowers are small and white, followed quickly by the seed pods. This plant flowers and sets seed at the same time.
 
'''Chickweed''', '''Stellaria media''', is a cool-season annual plant native to Europe, but naturalized in many parts of North America. It is used as a cooling herbal remedy, and grown as a vegetable crop and ground cover for both human consumption and poultry. It is sometimes called common chickweed to distinguish it from other plants called chickweed. Other common names include chickenwort, craches, maruns, winterweed. The plant germinates in autumn or late winter, then forms large mats of foliage. Flowers are small and white, followed quickly by the seed pods. This plant flowers and sets seed at the same time.
  
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== Description ==
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==Uses==
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{{Uses|bronchitis}}, {{Uses|pleurisy}}, {{Uses|gastritis}}, {{Uses|asthma}}, {{Uses|sore throat}}, {{Uses|boils}}, {{Uses|wounds}}, {{Uses|itching}}, {{Uses|hemorrhoids}}<ref name="Uses"/>
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==Parts Used==
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{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}.
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==Chemical Composition==
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The anthraquinones emodin, parietin (physcion) and questin, the flavonoid kaempferol-3,7-O-α-L-dirhamnoside, the phytosterols β-sitosterol and daucosterol, and the fatty alcohol 1-hexacosanol can be found in S. media.[12] Other flavonoid constituents are apigenin 6-C-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-8-C-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside, apigenin 6-C-alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl-8-C-beta-D-galactopyranoside, apigenin 6-C-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-8-C-beta-L-arabinopyranoside, apigenin 6-C-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-8-C-beta-D-galactopyranoside, apigenin 6, 8-di-C-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside<ref name="chemical composition"/>
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==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}
  
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In both Europe and North America this plant is common in gardens, fields, and disturbed grounds. Control is difficult due to the heavy seed sets. Common Chickweed is very competitive with small grains, and can produce up to 80% yield losses among barley.
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==Habit==
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{{Habit|Herb}}
  
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Stellaria media is widespread in North America, Europe and Asia. There are several closely related plants referred to as chickweed, but which lack the culinary properties of plants in the genus Stellaria. Plants in the genus Cerastium are very similar in appearance to Stellaria and are in the same family (Carophyllaceae). Stellaria media can be easily distinguished from all other members of this family by examining the stems. Stellaria has fine hairs on only one side of the stem in a single band and on the sepals. Other members of the family Carophyllaceae which resemble Stellaria have hairs uniformly covering the entire stem. It usually has 3 stamens other references indicate 5 stamens and 3 - 8 in other references.
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==Identification==
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===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Simple|oval|Chickweed leaves are oval with pointed tips that are smooth or slightly hairy}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
  
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== Uses ==
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===Flower===
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{{Flower|Unisexual|small|white|5 petals|these are produced at the tips of stems and in angles between branches}}
  
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*Stellaria media is edible and nutritious, and is used as a leaf vegetable, often raw in salads.<ref name="uses"/> It is one of the ingredients of the symbolic dish consumed in the Japanese spring-time festival, Nanakusa-no-sekku.
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===Fruit===
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*The plant has medicinal purposes and is used in folk medicine. It has been used as a remedy to treat itchy skin conditions and pulmonary diseases.
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{{Fruit|oval||An oval, one-celled capsule, whitish in color, containing numerous seeds|whitish|numerous seeds}}
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*Modern herbalists prescribe it for iron-deficiency anemia (for its high iron content), as well as for skin diseases, bronchitis, rheumatic pains, arthritis and period pain.<ref name="uses2"/> Not all of these uses are supported by scientific evidence.
 
  
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===Other features===
  
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==Common name==
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
  
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* '''English''' - Chickweed
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==Where to get the saplings==
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==Mode of Propagation==
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}.
  
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== References ==
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==How to plant/cultivate==
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A very easily grown plant, it prefers a moist soil and a position in full sun or partial shade<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
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<ref name="uses">[http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Stellaria+media  Stellaria media at Plants for a Future]</ref>
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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<ref name="uses2">[http://hartonweb.com/nsp-herbs/goodhealthherbs.com/?sn=220-2 "Chickweed"]</ref>
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{{Commonly seen|lawns}}, {{Commonly seen|cultivated fields}}, {{Commonly seen|pastures}}.
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</references>
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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File:Odermennig.jpg
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File:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg
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Image:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg
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</gallery>
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==References==
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<references>  
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.mdidea.com/products/proper/proper08902.html "botonical description"]</ref>
  
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== External Links ==
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<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.ediblewildfood.com/chickweed.aspx "cheeck weed"]</ref>
  
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellaria_media Stellaria media]
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Stellaria+media "practical palnts"]</ref>
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</references>
  
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==External Links==
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* [https://www.encyclopedia.com/plants-and-animals/plants/plants/chickweed]
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* [http://hartonweb.com/nsp-herbs/goodhealthherbs.com/?sn=220-2]
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* [http://identifythatplant.com/stellaria-chickweed-species/]
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* [http://foragedfoodie.blogspot.in/2016/03/foraging-identifying-chickweed.html]
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* [http://www.msuturfweeds.net/details/_/common_chickweed_26/]
 
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Stellaria media, Chickweed

Chickweed, Stellaria media, is a cool-season annual plant native to Europe, but naturalized in many parts of North America. It is used as a cooling herbal remedy, and grown as a vegetable crop and ground cover for both human consumption and poultry. It is sometimes called common chickweed to distinguish it from other plants called chickweed. Other common names include chickenwort, craches, maruns, winterweed. The plant germinates in autumn or late winter, then forms large mats of foliage. Flowers are small and white, followed quickly by the seed pods. This plant flowers and sets seed at the same time.

Uses

bronchitis, pleurisy, gastritis, asthma, sore throat, boils, wounds, itching, hemorrhoids[1]

Parts Used

Seeds, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

The anthraquinones emodin, parietin (physcion) and questin, the flavonoid kaempferol-3,7-O-α-L-dirhamnoside, the phytosterols β-sitosterol and daucosterol, and the fatty alcohol 1-hexacosanol can be found in S. media.[12] Other flavonoid constituents are apigenin 6-C-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-8-C-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside, apigenin 6-C-alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl-8-C-beta-D-galactopyranoside, apigenin 6-C-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-8-C-beta-L-arabinopyranoside, apigenin 6-C-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-8-C-beta-D-galactopyranoside, apigenin 6, 8-di-C-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Agrimony


Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple oval Chickweed leaves are oval with pointed tips that are smooth or slightly hairy

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual small white 5 petals these are produced at the tips of stems and in angles between branches

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
oval An oval, one-celled capsule, whitish in color, containing numerous seeds whitish numerous seeds {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

A very easily grown plant, it prefers a moist soil and a position in full sun or partial shade[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

lawns, cultivated fields, pastures.

Photo Gallery

  • Odermennig.jpg
  • Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg
  • Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg

References

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Uses
  2. ↑ "botonical description"
  3. ↑ "cheeck weed"
  4. ↑ "practical palnts"

External Links

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