From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
| CapsuleDescription
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'''FNA:''' greenish brown or straw colored, ovoid, 3-7 mm, more than 1-1.5 times as long as broad, exceeding sepals, apex acute, opening by 3 valves; carpophore very short or absent. +
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| Common name is
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Boreal 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:''' 3-5 mm; sepals 5, 1-3-veined, lanceolate to ovate, 2-5 mm, margins scarious, apex acute, glabrous; petals 5, rarely absent, white or translucent, 1-3 mm, usually shorter than sepals; stamens 5; styles 3, erect to spreading, 0.9-2 mm. +
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| Genus
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Stellaria +
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| InflorescenceDescription
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'''FNA:''' with flowers solitary, terminal and axillary, or terminal, often copious, very lax, leafy cymes; bracts foliaceous, lanceolate, reduced distally to ca. 2 mm, ± scarious. +
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| LeafDescription
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'''FNA:''' sessile; blade linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, rarely elliptic-lanceolate, 1-6 cm × 2-8 mm, base cuneate, margins eciliate or scabrid, sometimes ciliate towards base, apex acute. +
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| Origination status is
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Native +
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| PedicelDescription
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'''FNA:''' erect or patent, usually reflexed at maturity, 10-40 mm, glabrous. +
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| PlantDescription
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'''FNA:''' perennial, often matted, rhizomatous. +
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| Scientific name is
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Stellaria borealis +
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| SeedDescription
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'''FNA:''' 10-20, brown, obovate, 0.7-0.9 mm on longest axis, smooth or slightly rugose. +
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| SpecificEpithet
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borealis +
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| StemDescription
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'''FNA:''' prostrate to ascending or erect, usually diffusely branched, sharply 4-angled, (5-)25-50 cm, glabrous to finely papillate, rarely pubescent. +
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| Summary
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Collections from throughout the region with both subspecies (''borealis'' and ''sitchana'') represented. +
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| Synonyms include
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Stellaria calycantha bongardiana +
, Stellaria calycantha sitchana +
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| TaxonRank
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species +
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| TaxonRemarks
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ssp ''sitchana'' is the most likely to occur in the area, though ssp ''borealis'' may be present. +
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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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16 April 2016 05:56:45 +
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