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{{Taxobox
{{SPlantbox
| color = lightgreen
|familia=Caryophyllaceae
| name = ''Stellaria''
|genus=Stellaria
| image = Greater Stitchwort close 800.jpg
|common_name=Chickweed, Stitchwort
| image_width = 250px
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| image_caption = [[Stellaria holostea|Greater stitchwort]], ''Stellaria holostea''
|lifespan=perennial, annual
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=birds
|Temp Metric=°F
|jumpin=If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!
|image=Greater Stitchwort close 800.jpg
|image_width=200
|image_caption=Greater stitchwort, ''Stellaria holostea''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
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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.
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==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Species==
Selected species:
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*''[[Stellaria henryi]]''
*''[[Stellaria henryi]]''
*''[[Stellaria holostea]]'' - Greater Stitchwort
*''[[Stellaria holostea]]'' - Greater Stitchwort
*''[[Stellaria humifusa]]''
*''[[Stellaria humifusa]]'' - Saltmarsh Starwort
*''[[Stellaria imbricata]]''
*''[[Stellaria imbricata]]''
*''[[Stellaria infracta]]''
*''[[Stellaria infracta]]''
*''[[Stellaria littoralis]]''
*''[[Stellaria littoralis]]''
*''[[Stellaria longifolia]]''
*''[[Stellaria longifolia]]''
*''[[Stellaria longipes]]''
*''[[Stellaria longipes]]'' - Long-stalk Starwort
*''[[Stellaria mainlingensis]]''
*''[[Stellaria mainlingensis]]''
*''[[Stellaria martjanovii]]''
*''[[Stellaria martjanovii]]''
*''[[Stellaria yunnanensis]]''
*''[[Stellaria yunnanensis]]''
*''[[Stellaria zangnanensis]]''
*''[[Stellaria zangnanensis]]''
|}[[Image:Lesser Stitchwort close 800.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Lesser stitchwort, ''Stellaria graminea'']]
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==Gallery==
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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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