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Stellaria calycantha
CapsuleDescription '''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.  +
Common name is Northern Starwort  +
Documentation requested false  +
Family Caryophyllaceae +
FlowerDescription '''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.  +
Genus Stellaria +
InflorescenceDescription '''FNA:''' terminal, 1-5-flowered cymes; bracts foliaceous.  +
LeafDescription '''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.  +
Occurrence is Documented  +
Origination status is Native +
PedicelDescription '''FNA:''' ascending, not reflexed, 5-25(-50) mm, glabrous.  +
PlantDescription '''FNA:''' perennial, forming clumps, from slender rhizomes.  +
Scientific name is Stellaria calycantha  +
SeedDescription '''FNA:''' brown, ovate, 0.5-0.9 mm, smooth or shallowly tuberculate.  +
SpecificEpithet calycantha  +
StemDescription '''FNA:''' erect or trailing, branched, square, weak, to 25(-35) cm, glabrous or pilose, never papillate.  +
Summary Several collections scattered throughout tSeveral 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.  +
TaxonRank species  +
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Categories Vascular Plant  + , Species  +
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 17 April 2016 02:29:13  +
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