Stellaria calycantha (Ledeb.) Bong.

Northern starwort (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Stellaria

Characteristics

Plants perennial, forming clumps, from slender rhizomes. Stems erect or trailing, branched, square, weak, to 25(-35) cm, glabrous or pilose, never papillate. Leaves sessile or subsessile; blade ovate to elliptic, rarely oblong, widest proximal to middle, 5-25 mm, thin, base round, margins entire, apex acute, glabrous or rarely ciliate. Inflorescences terminal, 1-5-flowered cymes; bracts foliaceous. Pedicels ascending, not reflexed, 5-25(-50) mm, glabrous. Flowers 3-5 mm; sepals 5, obscurely veined, ovate, 2-2.5 mm (rarely 3.5 in fruit), margins broad, scarious, apex broadly acute, glabrous; petals absent or 1-5, 1-1.5 mm, shorter than sepals, blade apex deeply lobed; stamens 5; styles 3, usually curved, 0.4-0.9 mm. Capsules green, semitransparent, globose to broadly ovoid, 3-5 mm, to 1.5 times as long as broad, longer than sepals, apex obtuse, opening by 3 valves; carpophore absent. Seeds brown, ovate, 0.5-0.9 mm, smooth or shallowly tuberculate. 2n = 26.
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Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.35
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Stellaria calycantha world distribution map, present in Canada, France, Japan, Russian Federation, and United States of America

Conservation status

Stellaria calycantha threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:244166-2
WFO ID wfo-0001291314
COL ID 6ZJ4L
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Stellaria calycantha Stellaria simcoei Stellaria calycantha subsp. calycantha Stellaria borealis var. simcoei Stellaria calycantha var. simcoei Stellaria calycantha var. calycantha