| + | Stellaria graminea, Linn. A slender-stemmed, hardy perennial plant not usually over 6 in. high, from a creeping root-stock: lvs. sessile, linear-lanceolate, usually about 1 in. long: fls. white, in terminal or lateral scarious bracted open panicles; sepals and petals nearly equal in length. May, June. Eu.; naturalized in Amer. B.B. 2:23. Var. aurea, Hort., Golden Stitchwort, has pale yellow lvs. and is lower and more matted in growth. Well adapted for sandy banks where grass does not grow well. |