Date Picture Taken: July 19, 2011
| Scientific name: | Stellaria graminea L. | |
| Swedish name: | Grässtjärnblomma | |
| German name: | Gras-Sternmiere | |
| Nederlandse naam: | Grasmuur | |
| English name: | Lesser Stitchwort | |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae, Nejlikväxter, Pink Family |
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Date Picture Taken: July 19, 2011 |
| Life form: | Perennial | |
| Stems: | Central stem is glabrous, 4-angled, and rather weak, causing the plant to lean over in the absence of supportive vegetation. | |
| Leaves: | Opposite, lanceolate-linear or linear, smooth along the margins, sessile, and glabrous | |
| Flowers: | Each flower has a corolla with 5 deeply divided white petals (which can appear to be 10 petals), 10 stamens with brown or reddish brown anthers, a green pistil with 3 styles, and 5 green sepals that are lanceolate. Each sepal has 3 conspicuous veins along its outer surface, which is also somewhat ciliate or pubescent. The petals of the flower are longer than the sepals. | |
| Flowering Period: | June, July, August | |
| Fruits: | Straw-colored or light brown seed capsule, numerous small seeds; Capsule ovoid-oblongoid and open at the top, where a few erect teeth occur along the upper rim. Each seed is oval-orbicular and somewhat flattened; its surface is rough and pebbly. | |
| Habitat: | Coast, pastureland, meadows, farmland, settlements |
Date Picture Taken: July 23, 2008 Derivation of the botanical name: Stellaria, from the Latin stella for "star" because of the star-like shape of the flowers. graminea, of or pertaining to grass, grassy; grass like.
Date Picture Taken: July 18, 2008 |
