From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
CapsuleDescription
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'''FNA:''' green, semitransparent, globose to broadly ovoid, 3-5 mm, to 1.5 times as long as broad, longer than sepals, apex obtuse, opening by 3 valves; carpophore absent. +
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Common name is
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Northern 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, obscurely ve … '''FNA:''' 3-5 mm; sepals 5, obscurely veined, ovate, 2-2.5 mm (rarely 3.5 in fruit), margins broad, scarious, apex broadly acute, glabrous; petals absent or 1-5, 1-1.5 mm, shorter than sepals, blade apex deeply lobed; stamens 5; styles 3, usually curved, 0.4-0.9 mm.s 5; styles 3, usually curved, 0.4-0.9 mm. +
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Genus
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Stellaria +
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InflorescenceDescription
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'''FNA:''' terminal, 1-5-flowered cymes; bracts foliaceous. +
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LeafDescription
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'''FNA:''' sessile or subsessile; blade ovate to elliptic, rarely oblong, widest proximal to middle, 5-25 mm, thin, base round, margins entire, apex acute, glabrous or rarely ciliate. +
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Occurrence is
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Documented +
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Origination status is
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Native +
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PedicelDescription
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'''FNA:''' ascending, not reflexed, 5-25(-50) mm, glabrous. +
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PlantDescription
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'''FNA:''' perennial, forming clumps, from slender rhizomes. +
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Scientific name is
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Stellaria calycantha +
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SeedDescription
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'''FNA:''' brown, ovate, 0.5-0.9 mm, smooth or shallowly tuberculate. +
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SpecificEpithet
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calycantha +
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StemDescription
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'''FNA:''' erect or trailing, branched, square, weak, to 25(-35) cm, glabrous or pilose, never papillate. +
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Summary
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Several collections scattered throughout t … Several collections scattered throughout the region with some gaps (no collections from the northern islands, for example). Presumably occurs throughout, though perhaps not as commonly as [[Stellaria borealis|Boreal Starwort (''Stellaria borealis'')]], which was formerly considered a subspecies of this. formerly considered a subspecies of this. +
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TaxonRank
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species +
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Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Stellaria calycantha +
, Stellaria calycantha +
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, Stellaria calycantha +
, Stellaria calycantha +
, Stellaria calycantha +
, Stellaria calycantha +
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Categories |
Vascular Plant +
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Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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17 April 2016 02:29:13 +
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Stellaria calycantha +
, Stellaria calycantha +
, Stellaria calycantha +
, Stellaria calycantha +
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