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{{SPlantbox
| color = lightgreen
|familia=Caryophyllaceae
| image = Stellaria holostea Grote muur (1).jpg
|genus=Stellaria
| image_caption = ''Stellaria holostea''
|species=holostea
| name = Greater Stitchwort
|common_name=Addersmeat, Greater Stitchwort, Easter Bell
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|habit=herbaceous
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
|Min ht box=20
| familia = [[Caryophyllaceae]]
|Min ht metric=in
| genus = ''[[Stellaria]]''
|Max ht box=24
| species = '''''S. holostea'''''
|Max ht metric=in
| binomial = ''Stellaria holostea''
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
|Min wd box=3
|Min wd metric=ft
|Max wd box=7
|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=part-sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=flowers
|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=white
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=5
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=10
|image=Stellaria holostea Grote muur (1).jpg
|image_width=240
|image_caption=Stellaria holostea
}}
}}
'''''Stellaria holostea''''' ('''Addersmeat''', or '''Greater Stitchwort''') is an [[ornamental plant]] native of [[Europe]].
It can grow up to 50cm in height, with leaves that are long, narrow and fresh green.<ref name="complete">Complete British Wildlife, ISBN 9780583336383</ref> The flowers are white, 20-30mm across and have five distinctive petals split to about half way down.<ref name="complete"/><ref>Nature Guide to the Lake District, ISBN 0860204030</ref>
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Stellaria holostea, Linn. Easter Bell. A hardy perennial, erect, 6-18 in. high, simple or somewhat branched, from a creeping rootstock: lvs. sessile, lanceolate, 1-3 in. long: fls. white, abundant, in a terminal leafy panicle; sepals one-half or two-thirds as long as the petals. May, June. Eu., Asia.—This and the next are desirable for dry banks where grass will not grow well and for other carpeting purposes.
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==Cultivation==
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'''''Stellaria holostea''''' ('''Addersmeat''', or '''Greater Stitchwort''') is an [[ornamental plant]] native of [[Europe]].
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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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