Stellaria humifusa Rottb.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Caryophyllaceae

• Scientific Name

  Stellaria humifusa Rottb.

• Description

  Species Description - Much like no. 12 [Stellaria crassifolia Ehrh.]; more strongly fleshy; lvs averaging smaller and often relatively wider, mostly 3–10(–15) × 1.5–4(5) mm; sep at anthesis mostly (3)3.5–5 mm, at maturity equaling or a little longer than the fr; 2n=26. Salt marshes and other wet, subsaline habitats along or near the seacoast; circumboreal, s. in Amer. to Me. and Oreg. Summer. (Alsine h.)

• Common Names

  salt-marsh stitchwort