From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
CapsuleDescription
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'''FNA:''' straw colored, conic to ellipsoid, 4-5 mm, longer than sepals, apex obtuse, opening by 6 valves; carpophore absent. +
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Common name is
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Fleshy 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:''' 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. +
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Genus
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Stellaria +
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InflorescenceDescription
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'''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. +
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LeafDescription
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'''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. +
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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:''' erect or sharply angled at base, becoming sharply curved at apex, 3-40 mm, glabrous. +
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PlantDescription
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'''FNA:''' perennial, delicate, forming small to large tangled mats or straggling through grass, from slender rhizomes. +
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Scientific name is
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Stellaria crassifolia +
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SeedDescription
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'''FNA:''' reddish brown, reniform to round, 0.7-1 mm diam., rugose. +
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SpecificEpithet
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crassifolia +
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StemDescription
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'''FNA:''' diffusely branched, 4-angled, 3-30 cm, gla-brous. +
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Summary
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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. +
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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 crassifolia +
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, Stellaria crassifolia +
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, Stellaria crassifolia +
, Stellaria crassifolia +
, Stellaria crassifolia +
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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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18 April 2016 03:12:17 +
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Stellaria crassifolia +
, Stellaria crassifolia +
, Stellaria crassifolia +
, Stellaria crassifolia +
, Stellaria crassifolia +
, Stellaria crassifolia +
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