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Caryophyllaceae
Stellaria

not marked as a favorite taxon Stellaria Linnaeus. Common name: Chickweed, Stitchwort, Starwort.

Key to Stellaria

A genus of about 150 or more species, cosmopolitan (centered in Asia). Generic circumscription follows Sharples & Tripp (2019) and Arabi et al. (2022).

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References: Bittrich (1993a) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Morton (2005b) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2005); Sharples (2019); Sharples & Tripp (2019). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Stellaria© Richard & Teresa Ware | Stellaria media CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
image #2 of Stellaria© Edwin Bridges | Stellaria pubera | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Stellaria© Keith Bradley | Stellaria pubera | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Stellaria© Nate Hartley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nate Hartley | Stellaria longifolia source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Stellaria© Gilles San Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Gilles San Martin | Stellaria alsine source | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Stellaria© Richard & Teresa Ware | Stellaria graminea CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷

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