Stellaria Stellaria, Goldie Stellaria Stellaria, Hulten, Hulten

11. S. longipes Goldie View in CoL , Edinb. Philos. Jour. 6: 327 (1822)

(? S. peduncularis Bunge ).

Creeping or caespitose perennial; stems up to 25 cm, usually ascending, laxly branched, quadrangular; sometimes with non-flowering branches in axils of upper leaves, but never with the condensed shoots typical of 12. Leaves linear-lanceolate, thin, very acute. Inflorescence usually several-flowered. Sepals 3-7 mm, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, not ciliate, glabrous; petals exceeding sepals. Ripe capsule l |- 2 times as long as sepals, dark brown or blackish; teeth straight. Spitsbergen and Kolguev. Rs (N) Sb. (Arctic Asia and America.)

12. S. crassipes Hultén View in CoL , Bot. Not. 1943: 261 (1943)

( S. longipes auct.).

Shortly creeping or caespitose perennial; stems 2-10 cm, terete; short, condensed non-flowering shoots usually present in axils of some upper leaves. Leaves 3-1 5x 2-4 mm, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, thick, rigid. Flowers usually solitary; pedicels short, stout. Sepals 3-4 mm, shorter than petals. Ripe capsule shorter than calyx, light brown; teeth recurved. 2n= 104. Spitsbergen, N. W. Fennoscandia and C. Norway (Dovrefjell). N o Sb Su.

13. S. ciliatisepala Trautv. View in CoL in Middendorff, Reise Nord. Osten Sibir. 1 (2) 1: 52 (1856)

( S. longipes auct., 5. edwardsii auct.).

Very variable. Shortly creeping perennial; stems up to 20 cm, quadrangular, lacking condensed non-flowering shoots in axils of upper leaves. Leaves up to 10 mm, ovate to ovate-lanceolate. Inflorescence few-, rarely 1-flowered; bracts scarious, ciliate. Sepals ciliate, sometimes pubescent beneath but only near base. Ripe capsule exceeding calyx, dark-brown or blackish. Spitsbergen, and E. part o f arctic Russia. Rs (N) Sb. (Circumpolar.)