Stellaria Stellaria subsp. media

(a) Subsp. media View in CoL :

Stems up to 40 cm, with 1(2) lines of hairs, or rarely glabrous. Leaves usually glabrous. Inflorescence glandular, usually lax or dense. Sepals usually 3-5 mm; petals equalling or slightly shorter than sepals; stamens (0—)3—5(—10). Seeds usually 0-8-1-3 mm, with rounded, rarely conical tubercles. 2n — 40, 42, 44. Throughout the range o f the species.

Var. apetala Gaudin , with sepals 3-4 mm, petals minute or absent, and condensed inflorescences, has often been confused with 5.