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Wood stitchwort

Stellaria nemorum

Also called Wood Chickweed

Wood stitchwort
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Europe to N. Iran, Mongolia to NC. China
Climate
temperate

About

Stellaria nemorum, also known by the common name wood stitchwort, is a stoloniferous herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae.

Where it grows

It is native to Europe and thrives in wet places of deciduous forests, such as beech forests.

Other Stellaria plants

Bog chickweed · Stellaria apetala · Giant Chickweed · Boreal starwort · Northern starwort · Tennessee starwort · Fleshy starwort · Curled starwort · Stellaria cupaniana · Stellaria flaccida · Grass-like starwort · Saltmarsh starwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stellaria nemorum 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.

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