# Holosteum

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the carnation family}}{{No footnotes|date=April 2026}}{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Holosteum umbellatum Sturm4.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Holosteum umbellatum](/source/Holosteum_umbellatum)''
|taxon = Holosteum
|authority = [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus)
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text
}}

'''''Holosteum''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [plant](/source/plant)s in the family [Caryophyllaceae](/source/Caryophyllaceae) with 3 or 4 species native from southern Europe through central and south western Asia and in Africa. They  are herbs with an annual life span, some growing as [winter annuals](/source/winter_annuals).  They have slender [root](/source/root)s and thin [stem](/source/Plant_stem)s that are upright or ascending. The genus name was given by Linnaeus, and named because of the sprawling nature of the plants:  Greek holos, meaning whole or all, and osteon, meaning bone, because of the frailty of the plant.

Flowers are bisexual but sometimes also unisexual and pistillate. Flowers are [hypogynous](/source/hypogynous), have 5 [sepals](/source/sepals) that are distinct and green in color and lanceolate to ovate in shape and 2.5–4.5 mm long. Typically with no [stipule](/source/stipule)s. The flowers have 5 petals that are white to soft pink in color and are clawed. Plants typically are found as small inconspicuous early spring blooming plants with short life spans.

Common names for the plants in this genus include '''jagged chickweeds'''.

==Species==
{{Linked species list|
Holosteum klopotovii|(Tzvelev) Tzvele|
Holosteum kobresietorum|Rech.f.|
Holosteum marginatum|C.A.Mey.|
Holosteum umbellatum|L.
}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=115639 Flora of North America]
* [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=10436 Jepson Manual Treatment]

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Category:Caryophyllaceae
Category:Caryophyllaceae genera

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