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PLANTS

Field chickweed

Cerastium arvense

Plants
NativeHerbPerennial
Field chickweed, photo 1 of 5
Field chickweed, In flower
Field chickweed, In fruit

Perennial herbaceous plant. Grows in fields.

There are 171 observations of Field chickweed in Québec, mostly in Bas-Saint-Laurent, Côte-Nord and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, and it has been reported in 16 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and become rare from September to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Bas-Saint-Laurent41
  2. Côte-Nord32
  3. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine27
  4. Capitale-Nationale19
  5. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean14
  6. Chaudière-Appalaches8
  7. Nord-du-Québec6
  8. Laurentides5
  9. Estrie4
  10. Lanaudière3
  11. Centre-du-Québec3
  12. Montréal3
  13. Montérégie2
  14. Mauricie2
  15. Laval1
  16. Outaouais1

Habitat

FieldsBoaz Yoffe B Sc

Similar species

greater stitchwortRabelera holostea
Snow in summerCerastium tomentosum
Alpine chickweedCerastium alpinum
Common mouse-ear chickweedCerastium fontanum
Big chickweedCerastium holosteoides
Bering chickweedCerastium beeringianum
Grass-leaf starwortStellaria graminea
Starwort Mouse-earDichodon cerastoides
Hoary alyssumBerteroa incana
TOXIC
Common chickweedStellaria media
Longstalk starwortStellaria longipes
TOXIC
Bladder campionSilene latifolia