Chickweed Posters and Art Prints

For Chicks fighting the fight against chickweed!

A small pink / purple / white wildflower often found in european ‘arctic’ regions, especially in the Isle of Man and the highlands of Scotland. Pattern made from scanned pressed flowers picked from volunteers from my own garden.

A small pink / purple / white wildflower often found in european ‘arctic’ regions, especially in the Isle of Man and the highlands of Scotland. Pattern made from scanned pressed flowers picked from volunteers from my own garden.

Stellaria media. Green fabric pattern

Field chickweed Cerastium arvense bloom in early spring, Point Reyes National Seashore, California, USA.

For all those ladies who are anti-chickweed!

Scanning electron micrograph of a flower of chickweed, Stellaria media. The flower, 4mm in size, shows typical features of radially symmetric (actinomorphic) anatomy. The 5 russet sepals are modified leaves that protect the flower in bud. 5 white petals - modified stamens - are a visual stimulus to pollinators. 3 stamens - not visible - carry anthers that produce pollen (yellow). At the base of each is a nectary (blue). In the centre of the flower are 3 styles with feathery pale green stigmas. Insects attracted by sight receive a nectar reward for transferring pollen to the stigmas, thus effecting pollination. This general outline of anatomy is common to many flowering plants, although S. media is not strictly dependent on visiting insec...

Common names of these flowers are starwort, stitchwort and chickweed. Sciencific names is Stellaria.