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[[File:StellariaMedia001.JPG|thumb|right|''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.
== Description Uses=={{Uses|bronchitis}}, {{Uses|pleurisy}}, {{Uses|gastritis}}, {{Uses|asthma}}, {{Uses|sore throat}}, {{Uses|boils}}, {{Uses|wounds}}, {{Uses|itching}}, {{Uses|hemorrhoids}}<ref name="Uses"/> ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|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<ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}
== Uses =Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|small|white|5 petals|these are produced at the tips of stems and in angles between branches}}
===Other features===
==Common nameList of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
== References How to plant/cultivate== A very easily grown plant, it prefers a moist soil and a position in full sun or partial shade<referencesref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|lawns}}, {{Commonly seen|cultivated fields}}, {{Commonly seen|pastures}}. ==Photo Gallery==<ref namegallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="uses140px">[httpFile:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg Image://wwwAgrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.pfaf0.orgjpg</user/Plant.aspx?LatinNamegallery> ==References==Stellaria+media Stellaria media at Plants for a Future] </refreferences><ref name="uses2chemical composition">[httphttps://hartonwebwww.mdidea.com/nsp-herbsproducts/goodhealthherbsproper/proper08902.com/?sn=220-2 html "Chickweedbotonical description"]</ref></references>
<ref name== External Links =="Leaf">[http://www.ediblewildfood.com/chickweed.aspx "cheeck weed"]</ref>
==External Links==
* [https://www.encyclopedia.com/plants-and-animals/plants/plants/chickweed]
* [http://hartonweb.com/nsp-herbs/goodhealthherbs.com/?sn=220-2]
* [http://identifythatplant.com/stellaria-chickweed-species/]
* [http://foragedfoodie.blogspot.in/2016/03/foraging-identifying-chickweed.html]
* [http://www.msuturfweeds.net/details/_/common_chickweed_26/]
[[Category:Herbs]]