NameThatPlant.net: Stellaria alsine

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stellaria alsine FAMILY Caryophyllaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Bog Chickweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stellaria alsine FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-07-006x:

Stellaria alsine FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

COMMON NAME:
Bog Chickweed, Bog Stitchwort, Longstalk Starwort, Bog Starwort

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stellaria alsine FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stellaria alsine FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-07-006x:
Stellaria alsine FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

3203

Forb
Annual

Habitat: seepages, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia, a circumboreal species

Rare

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals (or petals absent?)
5-10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring?
Capsule

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