Stellaria cuspidata
Willd. ex Schult.
Mexican chickweed
CaryophyllaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Mexico, North America, USA,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent
How to Identify
A herb. It has a slender taproot. The stems lie long the ground and are much branched and 4 sided. They grow 15-70 cm long. The leaves are broadly oval or D shaped and 1-4.5 cm long by 6-28 mm wide. The flowers are in groups of 5-35 at the ends of branches.
Names & Synonyms
Alsine cuspidata (Willd. ex Schltdl.) Wooton & Standl.Stellaria baldwiini Fenzl. ex Peyr.Stellaria ciliata var. cuspidata Rohrb.Stellaria francheti HondaStellaria leptopetala Benth.Stellaria nemoralis Salisb.Stellaria reichenbachii Wierzb. in Rchb.
References (1)
- Farfan, B., et al, 2007, Mazahua Ethnobotany and Subsistence in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico. Economic Botany 61(2) 2007, pp 173-191
