| Stellaria calycantha | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Stellaria |
| Species: | S. calycantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Stellaria calycantha (Ledeb.) Bong. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Alsine calycantha | |
Stellaria calycantha is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common name northern starwort. It is native to western North America from Alaska and northwestern Canada to California and New Mexico, as well as eastern Russia. It occurs in subalpine and alpine climates, in many types of moist, shady habitats. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing a prostrate to erect stem up to 25 centimeters long, taking a clumpy form. The thin oval leaves have smooth edges and pointed tips, and measure up to 2.5 centimeters in length. The inflorescence bears one or more flowers, each on a long pedicel. Each flower has five pointed green sepals, and some flowers have up to five deeply lobed white petals.
References
- NatureServe (2024). "Stellaria calycantha". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- NRCS. "Stellaria calycantha". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 1 December 2015.
External links
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| Stellaria calycantha |
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| Arenaria calycantha | |
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- NatureServe secure species
- Stellaria
- Flora of the Russian Far East
- Flora of Eastern Europe
- Flora of Subarctic America
- Flora of Western Canada
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of the South-Central United States
- Taxa named by Carl Friedrich von Ledebour
- Plants described in 1815
- Caryophyllaceae stubs