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'''''Stellaria''''' is a [[genus]] of about 90-120 species [[flowering plant]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Caryophyllaceae]], with a [[cosmopolitan distribution]]. Common names include '''stitchwort''' and '''chickweed'''.
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Stellaria (Latin, star, referring to the form of the flower). Caryophyllaceae. Annual or perennial herbs, mostly diffuse, tufted or weakly ascending, glabrous or pubescent, of little cultural value.
 
Stellaria (Latin, star, referring to the form of the flower). Caryophyllaceae. Annual or perennial herbs, mostly diffuse, tufted or weakly ascending, glabrous or pubescent, of little cultural value.
  
 
Leaves opposite, simple: fls. usually white, in terminal or axillary, naked or leafy paniculate cymes or rarely subsolitary; sepals 5, very rarely 4; petals just as many as the sepals, 2-cleft or rarely laciniate or only emarginate; stamens 10 or fewer by abortion; ovary 1-celled: caps. globose, ovoid or oblong, dehiscent by as many or twice as many teeth as there are carpels.— About 100 species, scattered all over the world but chiefly in the temperate regions.
 
Leaves opposite, simple: fls. usually white, in terminal or axillary, naked or leafy paniculate cymes or rarely subsolitary; sepals 5, very rarely 4; petals just as many as the sepals, 2-cleft or rarely laciniate or only emarginate; stamens 10 or fewer by abortion; ovary 1-celled: caps. globose, ovoid or oblong, dehiscent by as many or twice as many teeth as there are carpels.— About 100 species, scattered all over the world but chiefly in the temperate regions.
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==Cultivation==
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| name = ''Stellaria''
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===Propagation===
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| image_caption = [[Stellaria holostea|Greater stitchwort]], ''Stellaria holostea''
 
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| regnum = [[Plantae]]
 
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
 
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
 
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| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
 
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| familia = [[Caryophyllaceae]]
 
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| genus = '''''Stellaria'''''
 
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'''''Stellaria''''' is a [[genus]] of about 90-120 species [[flowering plant]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Caryophyllaceae]], with a [[cosmopolitan distribution]]. Common names include '''stitchwort''' and '''chickweed'''.
 
  
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==Species==
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*''[[Stellaria henryi]]''
 
*''[[Stellaria henryi]]''
 
*''[[Stellaria holostea]]'' - Greater Stitchwort
 
*''[[Stellaria holostea]]'' - Greater Stitchwort
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*''[[Stellaria humifusa]]''
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*''[[Stellaria humifusa]]'' - Saltmarsh Starwort
 
*''[[Stellaria imbricata]]''
 
*''[[Stellaria imbricata]]''
 
*''[[Stellaria infracta]]''
 
*''[[Stellaria infracta]]''
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*''[[Stellaria littoralis]]''
 
*''[[Stellaria littoralis]]''
 
*''[[Stellaria longifolia]]''
 
*''[[Stellaria longifolia]]''
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*''[[Stellaria longipes]]''
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*''[[Stellaria longipes]]'' - Long-stalk Starwort
 
*''[[Stellaria mainlingensis]]''
 
*''[[Stellaria mainlingensis]]''
 
*''[[Stellaria martjanovii]]''
 
*''[[Stellaria martjanovii]]''
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*''[[Stellaria yunnanensis]]''
 
*''[[Stellaria yunnanensis]]''
 
*''[[Stellaria zangnanensis]]''
 
*''[[Stellaria zangnanensis]]''
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|}[[Image:Lesser Stitchwort close 800.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Lesser stitchwort, ''Stellaria graminea'']]
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==Food Use==
 
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Chickweeds are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Angle Shades]], [[Heart and Dart]], [[Riband Wave]], [[Setaceous Hebrew Character]] and the ''[[Coleophora]]'' case-bearers ''C. coenosipennella'' (feeds exclusively on ''Stellaria spp''), ''C. lineolea'' (recorded on ''S. graminea''), ''C. lithargyrinella'' (recorded on ''S. holostea''), ''C. solitariella'' (feeds exclusively on ''S. holostea'') and ''C. striatipennella''.
 
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Some species, including ''Stellaria media'', are used as [[leaf vegetable]]s, often raw in [[salad]]s.
 
  
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==Gallery==
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[[Category:Caryophyllaceae]]
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==References==
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[[Category:Flora of Eastern United States]]
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
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Latest revision as of 16:31, 17 June 2010


Greater stitchwort, Stellaria holostea


Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial, annual
Cultivation
Features: ✓ birds
Scientific Names

Caryophyllaceae >

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Stellaria is a genus of about 90-120 species flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common names include stitchwort and chickweed.


Read about Stellaria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Stellaria (Latin, star, referring to the form of the flower). Caryophyllaceae. Annual or perennial herbs, mostly diffuse, tufted or weakly ascending, glabrous or pubescent, of little cultural value.

Leaves opposite, simple: fls. usually white, in terminal or axillary, naked or leafy paniculate cymes or rarely subsolitary; sepals 5, very rarely 4; petals just as many as the sepals, 2-cleft or rarely laciniate or only emarginate; stamens 10 or fewer by abortion; ovary 1-celled: caps. globose, ovoid or oblong, dehiscent by as many or twice as many teeth as there are carpels.— About 100 species, scattered all over the world but chiefly in the temperate regions. CH


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Species

Selected species:

Gallery

  • photo 1

  • photo 2

  • photo 3

References


External links


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