*Stellaria pallida (Dumortier) Crépin. Common name: Lesser Chickweed. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Disturbed areas, gardens, fields. Distribution: Native of Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Taxonomy Comments: Cronquist (1991) reported that S. pallida has a chromosome number of 2n = 22, as opposed to 2n = 40-44 for S. media.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, Fl4, FNA5, Il, Mi, NcTx, Pa, Va, WH3; = Alsine pallida Dumort. — (basionym); = Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.; = Stellaria prostrata Baldwin — G, misidentified; < Alsine media L. — S; ? Stellaria apetala Ucria ex Roem. — G, misapplied; < Stellaria media (L.) Vill. — K4, RAB, W, WV; >< Stellaria media (L.) Vill. var. glaberrima Beck — F, misapplied
Links to other floras: = Stellaria pallida - FNA5
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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