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Stellaria crispa
Also called Crisp Starwort, Crimped Stitchwort, Crisp Sandwort, Crisp Leaved Chickweed, Ruffled Starwort, Wavy Leaved Chickweed, Crispleaved Chickweed
Stellaria crispa is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names curled starwort and crisp starwort. It is native to western North America from Alaska south to California and Wyoming, where it grows in moist, shady habitat such as deep forests and streambanks. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing a mat of prostrate or trailing stems up to about 40 centimeters (16 in) long. It is lined with opposite pairs of pointed oval leaves each 1–2 centimeters (0.4–0.8 in) long. Single flowers occur in the leaf axils, each borne on a short pedicel. The flower has five pointed green sepals each a few millimeters long. Some flowers have one or more petals, but most lack these.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stellaria crispa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
