# Stellaria graminea

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Species of flowering plant in the carnation family

Stellaria graminea Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Caryophyllaceae Genus: Stellaria Species: S. graminea Binomial name Stellaria graminea L.[1] Synonyms[1] Alsine graminea (L.) Britton Stellaria graminea subsp. arvensis Ehrh. Stellularia graminea (L.) Kuntze

***Stellaria graminea*** is a species of flowering plant in the family [Caryophyllaceae](/source/Caryophyllaceae) known by the common names **common starwort**,[2] **grass-leaved stitchwort**,[2] **lesser stitchwort**[3] and **grass-like starwort**.[4]

## Description

*Stellaria graminea* is a [rhizomatous](/source/Rhizome) perennial herb producing branching stems which are prostrate, sprawling, trailing, or erect, and reach up to about 90 centimetres (35 in) long. The stems are four-angled, weak, and hairless. It is lined with pairs of linear or lance-shaped leaves, each 1–4 centimetres (0.4–1.6 in) long. The leaves are smooth-edged and hairless except for some hairs lining the bases. The [inflorescence](/source/Inflorescence) bears several flowers, each on a short [pedicel](/source/Pedicel_(botany)). The flower has five pointed green [sepals](/source/Sepal) 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 [seeds](/source/Seed) are reddish brown in colour and are 1 millimetre (0.04 in) in diameter.[2] It bears 10 [stamens](/source/Stamen).[5]

## Distribution

It is native to Eurasia and widespread in other parts of the [temperate](/source/Temperateness) world as an [introduced species](/source/Introduced_species) and a common [weed](/source/Weed).[6]

## Habitat

It grows in many types of habitat, including [lawns](/source/Lawn) and roadsides.[*[vague](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vagueness)*][*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-powo_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-powo_1-1) POWO (2024). ["*Stellaria graminea* L."](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/310207-2) *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew). Retrieved 3 October 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FNA_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FNA_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FNA_2-2) [Morton, J.K.](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Kenneth_Morton&action=edit&redlink=1) (2005). ["*Stellaria graminea*"](http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242000890). In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). [*Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA)*](http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1). Vol. 5. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 18 June 2007 – via eFloras.org, [Missouri Botanical Garden](/source/Missouri_Botanical_Garden), St. Louis, MO & [Harvard University Herbaria](/source/Harvard_University_Herbaria), Cambridge, MA.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-BSBI07_3-0)** [*BSBI List 2007*](https://web.archive.org/web/20150626140254/http://www.bsbi.org.uk/BSBIList2007.xls) (xls). [Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland](/source/Botanical_Society_of_Britain_and_Ireland). Archived from [the original](https://bsbi.org/download/3542/) (xls) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-plantsdb_4-0)** [NRCS](/source/Natural_Resources_Conservation_Service). ["*Stellaria graminea*"](https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/plant-profile/STGR). *PLANTS Database*. [United States Department of Agriculture](/source/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture) (USDA). Retrieved 1 December 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ParnellCurtis_5-0)** Parnell, J.A.N.; Curtis, T.G.F.; Cullen, E.L.; [Webb, D.A.](/source/David_Allardice_Webb) (2012). *Webb's An Irish Flora* (8th ed.). Cork: [Cork University Press](/source/Cork_University_Press). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-185918-4783](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-185918-4783). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [698911812](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/698911812).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["*Stellaria graminea*"](https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=35495). *[Germplasm Resources Information Network](/source/Germplasm_Resources_Information_Network)*. [Agricultural Research Service](/source/Agricultural_Research_Service), [United States Department of Agriculture](/source/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture). Retrieved 18 June 2007.

## External links

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Taxon identifiers Stellaria graminea Wikidata: Q157671 Wikispecies: Stellaria graminea AoFP: 4397 APNI: 110540 BioLib: 38540 Calflora: 7772 CoL: 6ZJ3L EoL: 587703 EPPO: STEGR EUNIS: 167658 FNA: 242000890 FoAO2: Stellaria graminea FoC: 242000890 GBIF: 5384616 GRIN: 35495 iNaturalist: 61948 IPA: 6493 IPNI: 156675-3 IRMNG: 11134055 ISC: 117328 ITIS: 20181 MichiganFlora: 795 NatureServe: 2.159488 NBN: NBNSYS0000003037 NCBI: 271541 NSWFlora: Stellaria~graminea NZOR: 1f5eee62-84d6-41ae-a06e-de547e2927bd NZPCN: 2784 Observation.org: 7519 Open Tree of Life: 424681 PalDat: Stellaria_graminea PFI: 665 Plant List: kew-2482031 PLANTS: STGR POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:310207-2 RHS: 48842 Tropicos: 6300276 VASCAN: 4433 VicFlora: c772fb6e-b278-482b-94db-73b323badc9c WisFlora: 5154 WFO: wfo-0000436380

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