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Stellaria crassifolia
CapsuleDescription '''FNA:''' straw colored, conic to ellipsoid, 4-5 mm, longer than sepals, apex obtuse, opening by 6 valves; carpophore absent.  +
Common name is Fleshy Starwort  +
Documentation requested false  +
Family Caryophyllaceae +
FlowerDescription '''FNA:''' 5-8 mm; sepals 5, 3-veined, nar'''FNA:''' 5-8 mm; sepals 5, 3-veined, narrowly triangular-lanceolate, 3-3.5(-4) mm, margins straight, narrow, scarious, apex acute, glabrous or rarely margins pubescent; petals 5, 2.5-5 mm, equaling to slightly longer than sepals; stamens 5 or 10; styles 3, ascending, curved at tip, ca. 2 mm.les 3, ascending, curved at tip, ca. 2 mm.  +
Genus Stellaria +
InflorescenceDescription '''FNA:''' flowers usually solitary, terminal and in axils of distal leaves forming open, diffuse cymes; bracts foliaceous, 1-10 mm; 1 or 2 pairs of bracteoles sometimes present, 1-3 mm, herbaceous or with narrow membranous margins.  +
LeafDescription '''FNA:''' sessile or subsessile; blade wi'''FNA:''' sessile or subsessile; blade with midrib obscure, broadly elliptic-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, widest at or above middle, 0.2-0.8(-1.5) cm × to 2 mm, ± succulent, base cuneate, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous; leaf blades in terminal buds sometimes become fleshy and form gemmae.s sometimes become fleshy and form gemmae.  +
Occurrence is Documented  +
Origination status is Native +
PedicelDescription '''FNA:''' erect or sharply angled at base, becoming sharply curved at apex, 3-40 mm, glabrous.  +
PlantDescription '''FNA:''' perennial, delicate, forming small to large tangled mats or straggling through grass, from slender rhizomes.  +
Scientific name is Stellaria crassifolia  +
SeedDescription '''FNA:''' reddish brown, reniform to round, 0.7-1 mm diam., rugose.  +
SpecificEpithet crassifolia  +
StemDescription '''FNA:''' diffusely branched, 4-angled, 3-30 cm, gla-brous.  +
Summary Apparently one collection of this species from the region at the Stikine River mouth. Overall distribution of collections tends towards more inland and/or northerly locations, so its occurrence in Southeast Alaska may be marginal.  +
TaxonRank species  +
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Categories Vascular Plant  + , Species  +
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 18 April 2016 03:12:17  +
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