Chickweed Sparrow
Microcarpaea minima
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Tropical Asia, Australia
- Flowering
- August-March
How to identify Chickweed Sparrow
Identify Chickweed Sparrow by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Tiny creeping herb of wet ground.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-March.
- Confirm it sits within the Plantaginaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Chickweed Sparrow.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Microcarpaea minima
- Genus
- Microcarpaea
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Damp places
- Native to
- Tropical Asia, Australia
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China, Japan, Myanmar, Malesia, Australia, Bangladesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-March
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chickweed Sparrow itself; the rest are typical of the Plantaginaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Chickweed Sparrow
Chickweed Sparrow (Microcarpaea minima) is a herb in the Plantaginaceae family. It is native to Tropical Asia, Australia. It grows in damp places. Flowering and fruiting run from August to March.
Plantaginaceae
Plantain family
Chickweed Sparrow belongs to the Plantaginaceae family.
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