Stellaria Stellaria, (L.) Vili.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 134

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.302862

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scientific name

Stellaria Stellaria
status

 

3. S. media (L.) Vili. View in CoL , Hist. Pl. Dauph. 3: 615 (1789).

Stems up to 90 cm. Lower leaves ovate, acute or acuminate, with long petioles; upper more or less sessile. Inflorescence few- or manyflowered; pedicels patent or erect in fruit. Sepals 3-7 mm; petals shorter than or slightly longer than sepals; stamens (0-)3-10. Seeds usually 0-8-1-4 mm, usually dark reddish-brown. Mainly ruderal and as a weed o f cultivation. Throughout Europe. Present in all territories, but probably only as an alien in the extreme north.

1 Upper part of stems with 1(2) lines of hairs, or rarely glabrous

(a) subsp. media 1 Upper part of stems hairy all round 2 Lower part of stems with 1 line of hairs; petals equalling or shorter than sepals (b) subsp. postii 2 Lower part of stems usually hairy all round; petals equalling or longer than sepals (c) subsp. cupaniana

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Stellaria

Loc

Stellaria Stellaria

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964
1964
Loc

S. media (L.)

Vili. 1789: 615
1789
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