{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the carnation family}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Speciesbox |image = Stellaria graminea detail.jpeg |genus = Stellaria |species = graminea |authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]<ref name="powo"/> |synonyms_ref = <ref name="powo">{{Cite POWO | id = 310207-2 | last = POWO | date = 2024 | title = ''Stellaria graminea'' L. | access-date = 3 October 2024 }}</ref> |synonyms = {{Species list | Alsine graminea | ([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Nathaniel Lord Britton|Britton]] | Stellaria graminea subsp. arvensis | [[Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart|Ehrh.]] | Stellularia graminea | (L.) [[Otto Kuntze|Kuntze]] }} }}
'''''Stellaria graminea''''' is a species of flowering plant in the family [[Caryophyllaceae]] known by the common names '''common starwort''',<ref name=FNA/> '''grass-leaved stitchwort''',<ref name=FNA/> '''lesser stitchwort'''<ref name=BSBI07>{{Cite BSBI 2007 |access-date=17 October 2014}}</ref> and '''grass-like starwort'''.<ref name="plantsdb">{{Cite PLANTS|id=STGR|taxon=Stellaria graminea|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref>
==Description== ''Stellaria graminea'' is a [[rhizome|rhizomatous]] perennial herb producing branching stems which are prostrate, sprawling, trailing, or erect, and reach up to about {{convert|90|cm||}} long. The stems are four-angled, weak, and hairless. It is lined with pairs of linear or lance-shaped leaves, each {{convert|1|-|4|cm|1}} long. The leaves are smooth-edged and hairless except for some hairs lining the bases. The [[inflorescence]] bears several flowers, each on a short [[Pedicel (botany)|pedicel]]. The flower has five pointed green [[sepal]]s each a few millimeters long which are usually lined with hairs. There are five white petals, each so deeply lobed it appears to be two. The [[seed]]s are reddish brown in colour and are {{convert|1|mm|2}} in diameter.<ref name=FNA>{{Cite eFloras | 1 | 242000890 | Stellaria graminea | volume = 5 | date = 2005 | last1 = Morton | first1 = J.K. | author-link1 = John Kenneth Morton | access-date = 18 June 2007 }}</ref> It bears 10 [[stamen]]s.<ref name="ParnellCurtis">{{Cite book | last1 = Parnell | first1 = J.A.N. <!-- John Adrian Naicker Parnell --> | last2 = Curtis | first2 = T.G.F. | last3 = Cullen | first3 = E.L. <!-- Elaine L. Cullen --> | last4 = Webb | first4 = D.A. | author4-link = David Allardice Webb | date = 2012 | title = Webb's An Irish Flora | publisher = [[Cork University Press]] | location = Cork | language = en | edition = 8th | isbn = 978-185918-4783 | oclc = 698911812 }}</ref>
==Distribution== It is native to Eurasia and widespread in other parts of the [[temperateness|temperate]] world as an [[introduced species]] and a common [[weed]].<ref>{{GRIN | access-date=18 June 2007}}</ref>
==Habitat== It grows in many types of habitat, including [[lawn]]s and roadsides.{{Vague|date=October 2024}}{{cn|date=October 2024}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons|Stellaria graminea}} *[https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=45478 Jepson Manual Treatment] *[https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Stellaria+graminea Washington Burke Museum] *[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/img_query?where-taxon=Stellaria+graminea Photo gallery]
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[[Category:Stellaria|graminea]] [[Category:Flora of Europe]] [[Category:Flora of temperate Asia]] [[Category:Plants described in 1753]] [[Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus]]