Stellaria palustris Retz.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Caryophyllaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Much like no. 4 [Stellaria holostea L.], but less robust and wholly glabrous, the lvs 1.5–4 cm × 1.5–4 mm; bracts scarious; sep narrowly lanceolate, 5–8 mm, distinctly 3-veined, shorter than the pet, these bifid almost to the base; seeds 1.4–1.6 mm, coarsely rugose-tuberculate; 2n=ca 130. Native of Europe, established in grassy places and along shores locally in Que. (S. glauca)
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Common Names
meadow-starwort