Taxon: Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench

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A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• giant chickweed   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• water chickweed   (Source: F BritStace ) – English
  
• e chang cai   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• céraiste aquatique   (Source: L Noms French ed7 ) – French
  
• malaquie aquatique   (Source: L Noms French ed7 ) – French
  
• stellaire aquatique   (Source: L Noms French ed7 ) – French
  
• Wasserdarm   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• sprödarv   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Animal food: fodder   (fide F ChinaEng)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide F ChinaEng)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Glea Cron ed2, as Stellaria aquatica)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Iran; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Altay, Krasnoyarsk [s.], Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan
  China: China
  Eastern Asia: Japan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India [n.]; Pakistan [n.]
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland [s.]; Norway [s.]; Sweden [s.]; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sicily]; Macedonia; Romania; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [n.e.]

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Washington
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Castroviejo, S. et al., eds. 1989–. Flora iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares.
• Chowdhery, H. J. & B. M. Wadhwa. 1984. Flora of Himachal Pradesh.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. [= Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop.].
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. [= Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop.].
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. [= Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop.].
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae.
• Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. [= Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop.].
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. [= Malachium aquaticum (L.) Fr.].
• Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000–. Flora of Siberia (English translation).
• Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Myosoton aquaticum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Myosoton aquaticum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Myosoton aquaticum.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Cerastium aquaticum L. (basionym)
  
• (≡) Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop.
  

Check other web resources for Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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