Stellaria pubera, commonly called the star chickweed,[2] is a spring-flowering plant in the carnation family Caryophyllaceae, native to the eastern United States.

[5] It is found chiefly from Pennsylvania south to Georgia and west to Indiana and Alabama, with scattered populations in New York, New England, Illinois, Nebraska, Mississippi and Louisiana.

The leaves are ovate, growing opposite one another and usually attached without stalks to the weak and sometimes reclining stem.

Close examination of the flower reveals that what appears to be ten petals are actually five, each deeply cleft.

The blossom as a result looks star-like, with its white, pointed petal segments surrounding an off-white center.