From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
CapsuleDescription
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'''FNA:''' olive green, ovoid, 4-6 mm, equaling and enclosed in sepals, opening by 6(-8) valves; carpophore absent. +
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Common name is
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Prickly-leaved Starwort +
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Documentation requested
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false +
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Family
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Caryophyllaceae +
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FlowerDescription
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'''FNA:''' 10-13 mm diam.; sepals 5, 3-vei … '''FNA:''' 10-13 mm diam.; sepals 5, 3-veined, lanceolate, 4.5-6 mm, margins narrow, scarious, apex acute, glabrous or sparsely pilose; petals 5, 5-7 mm, 1-1.5 times as long as sepals, blade apex with lobes oblanceolate; stamens 10, in 2 whorls; styles 3(-4), ascending and outwardly curved, 2 mm.-4), ascending and outwardly curved, 2 mm. +
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Genus
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Stellaria +
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InflorescenceDescription
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'''FNA:''' flowers solitary, subterminal in axils of foliage leaves, or terminal, 2-5-flowered cymes; bracts (when present) lanceolate, distally reduced, 3-14 mm, herbaceous, margins scarious, apex acuminate. +
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LeafDescription
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'''FNA:''' sessile; blade ovate to broadly lanceolate, widest below middle, 0.4-2 cm × 2-6 mm, coriaceous, base round, margins entire, apex acuminate, '''spinous''', glabrous. +
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Occurrence is
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Reported +
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Origination status is
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Native +
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PedicelDescription
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'''FNA:''' stiffly erect, 5-40 mm, glabrous. +
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PlantDescription
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'''FNA:''' perennial, forming small to moderate clumps, from elongate rhizomes. +
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Scientific name is
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Stellaria ruscifolia +
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SeedDescription
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'''FNA:''' brown, reniform-rotund, 0.8-1.2 mm, rugose. +
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SpecificEpithet
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ruscifolia +
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StemDescription
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'''FNA:''' erect, branched, 4-angled, 3-20 cm, glabrous. +
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Summary
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Included in the preliminary checklist as well as Hall's 2010, the FNA treatment for this species shows Southeast Alaska included in the distribution of this species. However, there are no collections in ARCTOS of this species from Southeast Alaska. +
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TaxonRank
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species +
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Stellaria ruscifolia +
, Stellaria ruscifolia +
, Stellaria ruscifolia +
, Stellaria ruscifolia +
, Stellaria ruscifolia +
, Stellaria ruscifolia +
, Stellaria ruscifolia +
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Categories |
Vascular Plant +
, Species +
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Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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23 April 2016 18:15:35 +
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Stellaria ruscifolia +
, Stellaria ruscifolia +
, Stellaria ruscifolia +
, Stellaria ruscifolia +
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