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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Engellaria Iamonico (2021) |
| Species: | E. obtusa |
| Binomial name | |
| Engellaria obtusa (Engelm.) Iamonico (2021) | |
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Engellaria obtusa (synonym Stellaria obtusa) is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names Rocky Mountain chickweed, blunt-sepaled starwort, and obtuse starwort. It is the sole species in genus Engellaria. It is native to western North America, from British Columbia and Alberta to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist areas in forests and on mountain slopes.
It is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing a prostrate, creeping, branching stem up to about 20 centimeters long, sometimes forming mats. The oval leaves are up to about a centimeter long and are borne in opposite pairs on the stem. Solitary flowers occur in the leaf axils, each borne on a short pedicel. The small flower has no petals, just four to five blunt-tipped green sepals each a few millimeters long.
References
- ^ Engellaria obtusa (Engelm.) Iamonico. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- NatureServe (2024). "Stellaria obtusa". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- NRCS. "Stellaria obtusa". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- Engellaria Iamonico. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
External links
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- Caryophyllaceae
- Monotypic Caryophyllaceae genera
- Flora of the Western United States
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Flora of the Rocky Mountains
- Flora of Western Canada
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Plants described in 1882
- Taxa named by George Engelmann
- Caryophyllaceae stubs