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Caryophyllaceae

231 species · Plants

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Stellaria flaccida Hook.

Stellaria flaccida, forest starwort, is a small Australian wildflower found in moist shady forest areas.

Stellaria graminea L.

Stellaria graminea is a rhizomatous perennial herb native to Eurasia, often a widespread introduced weed in other temperate regions.

Stellaria longifolia (Regel) Muhl. ex Willd.

Longleaf starwort (Stellaria longifolia) is a flowering plant in Caryophyllaceae native to northern Northern Hemisphere moist habitats.

Stellaria longipes Goldie

Stellaria longipes is a variable perennial caryophyllaceous flowering plant with a circumpolar Northern Hemisphere distribution.

Stellaria media (L.) Vill.

Stellaria media (common chickweed) is a widespread edible annual with recorded folk medicinal uses.

Stellaria neglecta (Lej.) Weihe

Stellaria neglecta, greater chickweed, is a sprawling flowering plant found across Eurasia and invasive in parts of North America.

Stellaria nemorum L.

Stellaria nemorum L. is a European flowering plant found in wet deciduous forest areas, growing up to 60 cm tall.

Stellaria palustris (Murray ex Ehrh.) Hoffm.

Marsh stitchwort (Stellaria palustris) is a 1791-described Caryophyllaceae flowering plant native to temperate Eurasia.

Stellaria pubera Michx.

Stellaria pubera Michx., or star chickweed, is an early-spring blooming forest plant native to eastern and central North America.

Stellaria pungens Brongn.

Stellaria pungens is a mat-forming perennial forb that grows in Australian woodland steep, rocky or shaded sites.

Stipulicida setacea Michx.

Stipulicida setacea, commonly wireplant, is a flowering plant endemic to the Southeastern US, growing in xeric sandy habitats of the southeast coastal plain.

Viscaria alpina (L.) G.Don

Viscaria alpina (Alpine catchfly) is a perennial herb tolerant of heavy metals, used as a copper indicator in prospecting.

Viscaria vulgaris Röhl.

Viscaria vulgaris is a perennial pink-flowered Caryophyllaceae species grown ornamentally, pollinated mainly by bumblebees.

Stellaria nitens Nutt.

Stellaria nitens, shiny chickweed, is an annual flowering herb native to western North America, growing in many habitat types.

Stellaria littoralis Torr.

Stellaria littoralis, beach starwort, is a caryophyllaceae perennial endemic to coastal California.

Stellaria borealis Bigelow

Stellaria borealis, or boreal starwort, is a circumboreal carnation-family perennial flowering herb variable in form, sometimes infected by a red-anther smut fungus.

Stellaria crispa Cham. & Schltdl.

Stellaria crispa, curled or crisp starwort, is a rhizomatous perennial herb native to moist shady habitats of western North America.

Stellaria corei Shinners

Stellaria corei is a spring-flowering perennial plant native to parts of the eastern United States, growing in rocky and open woods.

Stellaria crassifolia Ehrh.

Stellaria crassifolia (fleshy starwort) is a Caryophyllaceae flowering plant found in northern North America, Europe, and Asia.

Stellaria longipes subsp. longipes

Stellaria longipes subsp. longipes is the more common subspecies of the circumpolar variable perennial herb longstalk starwort.