Scientific Name: Stellaria media (L.) Vill.
Other Names: starweed, winterweed, satin flower, starwort
Life Cycle: winter annual
General Description: A prostrate growing winter annual with small, ovate leaves.
Seedlings: Cotyledons are slender and ovate with hairy stalks. Begins to branch after five leaf pairs.
True Leaves and Stem: Stems have very few hairs. Leaves are opposite and ovate with a pointed apex. Petioles may or not be present.
Roots: fiberous
Flower and Fruit: Small, white, five-petal flowers are found at the ends of stems. May look as if there are 10 petals. Fruits are brown capsules containing the flat, kidney shaped seeds.