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Stellaria aquatica Scop.

Céraiste d'eau (fr), Myosoton aquatique (fr), Stellaire aquatique (fr), Céraiste aquatique (fr), Malaquie aquatique (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Stellaria

Characteristics

Decumbent perennial, rhizomatous and rooting at the lower nodes; stem glandular-hairy, to 8 dm; lvs 2–8 × 1–4 cm, ovate or lance-ovate, acute, mostly sessile, the lowermost short-petiolate; fls in open, leafy, terminal cymes; pedicels 1–3 cm, eventually reflexed; sep lance-ovate, acute to obtusish, glandular-hairy, 5–6 mm (to 9.5 mm in fr); pet much exceeding the sep; styles normally 5; fr ovoid, dehiscent by 5 valves, each valve notched or shortly 2-cleft at the tip; seeds 0.7–0.8 mm, orbicular-reniform, strongly papillate; 2n=28. Native of Europe, intr. as a weed in wet and waste places; Que. and Ont. to Minn., s. to N.C., Mo., and Kans. May–Nov. (Alsine a.; Myosoton a.)
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A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.6
Root system -
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-12
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

Uses animal food fodder medicinal
Edible leaves stems
Therapeutic use Galactogogues (leaf), Galactorrhea (leaf), Dysuria (unspecified), Lactagogue (unspecified), Lactogogue (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Fistula (unspecified), Oliguria (unspecified), Piles (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Leaf

Stellaria aquatica leaf picture by Jaak Pärtel (cc-by-sa)
Stellaria aquatica leaf picture by Jaak Pärtel (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Stellaria aquatica flower picture by Jaak Pärtel (cc-by-sa)
Stellaria aquatica flower picture by Jaak Pärtel (cc-by-sa)
Stellaria aquatica flower picture by Jaak Pärtel (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Stellaria aquatica world distribution map, present in Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Algeria, Spain, Estonia, France, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Indonesia, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, North Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nepal, Pakistan, Poland, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand, Turkey, Taiwan, Province of China, Ukraine, United States of America, Viet Nam, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:159056-1
WFO ID wfo-0000436514
COL ID 4ZR9G
BDTFX ID 66155
INPN ID 124970
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Myosoton aquaticum Alsine uliginosa Alsine aquatica Cerastium deflexum Cerastium petiolare Malachium calycinum Cerastium aquaticum Malachium aquaticum Myosanthus aquaticus Larbrea aquatica Cerastium aquaticum Cerastium scandens Stellaria aquatica Cerastium maximum
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