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Star chickweed

Stellaria pubera

Also called Starry Chickweed

Star chickweed
Photo: Mason Brock (Masebrock), Public domain
Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
EC. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Stellaria pubera, commonly called the star chickweed, is a spring-flowering plant in the carnation family Caryophyllaceae, native to the eastern United States.

Where it grows

Stellaria pubera is widespread and common. Its natural habitat is bottomland forests and mesic forests, where it is often found on rocky slopes. It is found chiefly from Pennsylvania south to Georgia and west to Indiana and Alabama, with scattered populations in New York, New England, Illinois, Nebraska, Mississippi and Louisiana.

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 pubera 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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