Stellaria Stellaria, Grimm

7. S. alsine Grimm View in CoL , Nova Acta Acad. Leop.-Carol. 3, app: 313 (1767)

(5. uliginosa Murray). Creeping perennial; stems up to 40 cm, procumbent to ascending, quadrangular, glabrous, smooth. Leaves up to 15(-20) mm, elliptical to ovate-lanceolate, acute, sessile, or long-petiolate on overwintering vegetative shoots. Bracts scarious, with green midrib, not ciliate. Calyx infundibular at base; sepals 2-5-3-5 mm, exceeding petals; stamens 10. 2n = 24. Most o f Europe, northwards to 67° N. in Norway, but only on mountains in the south. Au Be Br Bu Co Cz D a Fa Fe G a Ge G r H b He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W) Su. Very variable in habit and in the size and shape of the leaves.