Stellaria neglecta(Lej.) Weihe

greater chickweed

WFO wfo-0000436807 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Stellaria neglecta, photographed by Wang.QG
fig. a Wang.QG, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-16 / obs. 183867690
Stellaria neglecta, photographed by Letizia Weichgrebe
fig. b Letizia Weichgrebe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 69717956
Stellaria neglecta, photographed by Millie Basden
fig. c Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 36812941
Stellaria neglecta, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. d Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 32836926
Stellaria neglecta, photographed by Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun
fig. e Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188246981
Stellaria neglecta, photographed by Ljaž
fig. f Ljaž, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186408480
Stellaria neglecta, photographed by Илья Руденко
fig. g Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186053397
Stellaria neglecta, photographed by Ljaž
fig. h Ljaž, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 118265650

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Native range 55 botanical countries

Regions where Stellaria neglecta is native: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Afghanistan, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, North Caucasus, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Nepal, Pakistan, Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Netherlands, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaAfghanistanChina South-CentralChina SoutheastInner MongoliaJapanKazakhstanKirgizstanLebanon-SyriaManchuriaNorth CaucasusQinghaiTadzhikistanTaiwanTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanXinjiangNepalPakistanAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelgiumBulgariaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyKritiKrymNetherlandsNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSiciliaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUkraine Nansei-shotoBalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Stellaria neglecta, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baleares BAL
Baltic States BLT
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Inner Mongolia CHI
Japan JAP
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Manchuria CHM
Nansei-shoto NNS
North Caucasus NCS
Qinghai CHQ
Tadzhikistan TZK
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Xinjiang CHX
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Nepal NEP ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 88 in flower of 91 examined

Peak flowering in May. Each bar is the share of Stellaria neglecta observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 88 of 91 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 9 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Stellaria media subsp. major Arcang.
  • Stellaria media subsp. neglecta (Weihe) Gremli
  • Stellaria media subsp. neglecta (Weihe) Murb.
  • Stellaria media var. decandra Fenzl
  • Stellaria media var. procera Klatt & Richt.
  • Stellaria octandra Pobed.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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