Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stellaria alsine
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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Read more about Bog Chickweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stellaria alsine
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Stellaria alsine
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
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_alul_001_lvd
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
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Stellaria alsine
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
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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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