Pseudostellaria jamesiana (Torr.) W.A.Weber & R.L.Hartm.

Tuber starwort (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Pseudostellaria

Characteristics

Rhizomes with spherical or elongate tuberous thickenings 0.5-2.5 cm.  Stems 4-angled, 12-45(-60) cm, glabrous or stipitate-glandular throughout or at least in inflorescence, often densely so. Leaf blades linear to linear-lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, (1.5-)2-10(-15) × 0.2-1.5(-2) cm, margins flat to briefly revolute, ± smooth or granular to serrulate, glabrous or stipitate-glandular. Inflorescences open cymes, flowers often proliferating with age. Pedicels recurved to reflexed from base in fruit, uniformly stipitate-glandular. Flowers: sepals lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 3-5.5(-7) × 0.8-2 mm, stipitate-glandular, often densely so; petals 7-9.5 × 3-4 mm, apex notch 1-2 mm deep, lobes broadly rounded; anthers 10, purple; styles 3.5-4.5 mm; stigmas terminal, 0.1-0.2 mm. Capsules 4.5-5 mm. Seeds 1-3, reddish brown, broadly elliptic, ± plump, 2-3.4 mm; tubercles conic to elongate, rounded. 2n = 96.
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A herb. The rhizomes have tuberous thickenings up to 2.5 cm across. The stems are 4 angled and 12-45 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zone 4.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves roots tubers
Therapeutic use Ceremonial Medicine (unspecified), Dermatological Aid (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Pseudostellaria jamesiana unspecified picture

Distribution

Pseudostellaria jamesiana world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:211574-2
WFO ID wfo-0001291332
COL ID 4PC3Y
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pseudostellaria jamesiana Stellaria jamesiana