young shoot icon Home All plants About

Stellaria elatinoides Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Stellaria

Characteristics

Slender decumbent glab. herb, c. 5 cm. tall. Stems often closely branched, rooted at lower nodes, ascending above. Lvs linear-oblong, subacute, 3-5 mm. long including the wide-winged petiole that is hardly distinct from the lamina, connate. Fls solitary, axillary, peduncles very short. Sepals 5, c. 3 mm. long, narrow-lanceolate, acuminate with pale membr. border; petals apparently lacking; stamens 5-(10); styles 3, capsule ovoid, about as long as sepals, 6-valved, many-seeded; seeds > 0·5 mm. diam., brown, rough-surfaced with well-developed rounded tubercles.
More
Glabrous annual herb. Stems decumbent, terete, 1.5-4 cm long. Lvs dark green or glaucous, cuneate to short petiole, narrow-oblong or oblanceolate, subacute, 3-5 mm long. Fls solitary; peduncles slender, 3-10 mm long, erect. Bracts leaflike. Sepals lanceolate or narrowly ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 2-3 mm long, weakly 1-veined; margins narrowly scarious. Petals 0. Stamens 5-10. Capsule ovoid or globose, slightly < or = sepals. Seeds red-brown, 0.6-0.7 mm long; tubercles large, rounded.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Stellaria elatinoides world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Conservation status

Stellaria elatinoides threat status: Extinct

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:159171-1
WFO ID wfo-0000436243
COL ID 4ZRCV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Stellaria elatinoides
WorldFloraDB 2024