Stellaria corei

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the carnation family}} {{Speciesbox | image = Tennessee Starwort.jpg | genus = Stellaria | species = corei | authority = Shinners | synonyms_ref = <ref name="POW">{{Cite web |title=Stellaria corei Shinners {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:244181-2 |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}</ref> | synonyms = * ''Stellaria pubera'' subsp. ''silvatica'' Bég. *''Stellaria pubera ''var. ''silvatica'' (Bég.) Weath. * ''Stellaria silvatica'' (Bég.) * ''Alsine pubera'' var. ''tennesseensis'' C.Mohr * ''Alsine tennesseensis'' (C.Mohr) * ''Stellaria tennesseensis'' (C.Mohr) Strausb. & Core }}

'''''Stellaria corei''''', commonly known as '''Tennessee chickweed''', '''star chickweed''', '''Tennessee starwort''', and '''Tennessee stitchwort''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stellaria corei (Star Chickweed, Tennessee Chickweed, Tennessee Starwort, Tennessee Stitchwort) {{!}} North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox |url=https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/stellaria-corei/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=plants.ces.ncsu.edu}}</ref> is a species of flowering plant native to parts of the eastern United States.

==Description== ''Stellaria corei'' is similar to ''Stellaria pubera'', with which it can be confused.<ref name=fna/> It is a spring flowering perennial growing from spreading rhizomes. The square stems are upright, branched, and range from {{convert|10|-|40|cm|abbr=on}} long. The Leaves near the base of the plant have stems but the leaves near the ends of the stems may be subsessile (lacking stems). The entire margined leaves are elliptic in shape, with broadly lanceolate to ovate ends, and {{convert|1|-|5|cm|abbr=on}} × {{convert|5|-|16|mm|abbr=on}} in size. The leaf bases are cuneate. The flowers are produced in 3 to 7 flowered Inflorescences that are terminal cymes. The white Flowers are {{convert|10|-|16|mm|abbr=on}} in diameter, with five narrowly triangular sepals. The ripe fruits are straw colored to pale brown capsules. The mature seeds are brown and around {{convert|2|mm|abbr=on}} in diameter. The diploid chromosome count is 60.<ref name="fna">{{Cite web |title=Stellaria corei in Flora of North America @ efloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250060927 |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=www.efloras.org}}</ref>

==Habitat and range== ''Stellaria corei'' grows in rocky woods, on bluffs, and in open woods.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rhoads |first1=Ann Fowler |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aVVW4tVmgOoC&pg=PA100 |title=The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas |last2=Klein |first2=William M. |last3=Klein |first3=William MacKinley Jr. |date=1993 |publisher=American Philosophical Society |isbn=978-0-87169-207-8 |language=en}}</ref> It is native to Alabama, Connecticut, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and has been introduced to Idaho and New York.<ref name=fna/><ref name=POW/>

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