From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
CapsuleDescription
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'''FNA:''' green to straw colored, ovoid-oblong, 3-5 mm, somewhat longer than sepals, apex obtuse, opening by 6 valves; carpophore absent. +
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Common name is
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Common Chickweed +
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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:''' 2-5 mm diam.; sepals 5, with ob … '''FNA:''' 2-5 mm diam.; sepals 5, with obscure midrib, ovate-lanceolate, 4.5-5(-6) mm, margins narrow, scarious, apex obtuse, usually glandular-hairy; petals absent or 5, 1-4 mm, shorter than to equaling sepals; stamens 3-5(-8); anthers red-violet; styles 3, outwardly curved, becoming curled, 0.5-1 mm.twardly curved, becoming curled, 0.5-1 mm. +
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Genus
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Stellaria +
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InflorescenceDescription
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'''FNA:''' terminal, 5-many-flowered cymes; bracts ovate and shortly acuminate to lanceolate-acute, 1-40 mm, herbaceous. +
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Is Documented by MRG
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Sitka +
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LeafDescription
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'''FNA:''' petiolate (proximal) or ± sessile (distal); blade usually green, ovate to broadly elliptic, 0.5-4 cm × 2-20 mm, base round to cuneate, margins entire, apex acute or shortly acuminate, ± glabrous or ciliate at base. +
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NeedBetterPhoto
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false +
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Occurrence is
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Documented +
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Origination status is
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Introduced +
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PedicelDescription
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'''FNA:''' ascending, usually straight, deflexed at base in fruit, 3-40 mm, usually with line of hairs. +
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PlantDescription
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'''FNA:''' annual or winter annual, green, with slender taproot. +
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Scientific name is
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Stellaria media +
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SeedDescription
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'''FNA:''' reddish brown, broadly reniform to round, 0.9-1.3 mm diam., with obtuse, round, or flat-topped (broader than tall) tubercles. +
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SpecificEpithet
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media +
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StemDescription
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'''FNA:''' decumbent or ascending, diffusely branched, 4-sided, 5-40 cm, with single line of hairs along each internode. +
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Summary
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Only a few collections in ARCTOS, but may reports from throughout the region in AKEPIC database. It is unclear to what extent this species is present away from regular human disturbance. +
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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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Categories |
Vascular Plant +
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Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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23 April 2016 06:21:53 +
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Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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