*Stellaria graminea Linnaeus. Common name: Common Stitchwort, Lesser Stitchwort. Phenology: May-Aug. Habitat: Fields, roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl4, FNA5, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV; = Alsine longifolia (Muhl. ex Willd.) Britton – S, misapplied
Links to other floras: = Stellaria graminea - FNA5
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Great Plains: FACU
- Midwest: UPL
- Northcentral & Northeast: UPL
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect or spreading perennial of fields, roadsides, pastures and other open, disturbed areas. Native of Europe.
Stems: Stems weak, 4-angled, branched or unbranched, smooth (sometimes rough on prominent angles).
Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, linear to narrowly lance-shaped and broadest at the base, 1/2-2 in. long.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers arranged in open forking branches on upper stems; white; 1/8-1/2 in. wide; consisting of 5 deeply cleft petals, sepals as long as or shorter than the petals and bearing 3 distinct veins, and 10 stamens.
Fruits: Fruit a narrowly oval capsule.
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Height: 8-18 in.
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description: Erect or spreading perennial of fields, roadsides, pastures and other open, disturbed areas. Native of Europe.
stems: Stems weak, 4-angled, branched or unbranched, smooth (sometimes rough on prominent angles).
leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, linear to narrowly lance-shaped and broadest at the base, 1/2-2 in. long.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers arranged in open forking branches on upper stems; white; 1/8-1/2 in. wide; consisting of 5 deeply cleft petals, sepals as long as or shorter than the petals and bearing 3 distinct veins, and 10 stamens.
fruits: Fruit a narrowly oval capsule.
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