OregonFlora: Pseudostellaria jamesiana

	Pseudostellaria jamesiana
	sticky starwort, tuber starwort
Stems	12–45 cm; simple to much branched, glandular-hairy; at least distally.
Leaves	15–150 mm.
Flowers	sepals lanceolate to ovate, 3–7 mm; petals obdeltoid, 5–9.5 mm; tips blunt to rounded, 2-lobed.
2n	=96.

	Pseudostellaria jamesiana
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Discussion	Meadows, dry understory of aspen and pine forests, moist banks, rocky slopes. Flowering May–Aug. 1000–2300 m. BR, BW, Casc, ECas, Owy, Sisk. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to MT, east to CO, southeast to TX; Native.
Source	Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 559 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman
Synonyms	Stellaria jamesiana
Web links	Local floras: CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Pseudostellaria jamesiana

sticky starwort, tuber starwort

Stems

12–45 cm; simple to much branched, glandular-hairy; at least distally.

Leaves

15–150 mm.

Flowers

sepals lanceolate to ovate, 3–7 mm;

petals obdeltoid, 5–9.5 mm;

tips blunt to rounded, 2-lobed.

=96.

Pseudostellaria jamesiana

Distribution

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Discussion

Meadows, dry understory of aspen and pine forests, moist banks, rocky slopes. Flowering May–Aug. 1000–2300 m. BR, BW, Casc, ECas, Owy, Sisk. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to MT, east to CO, southeast to TX; Native.

Source

Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 559
Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman

Synonyms

Stellaria jamesiana

Web links