OregonFlora: Stellaria crispa vs. Stellaria dicranoides

	Stellaria crispa	Stellaria dicranoides
	crisp starwort
Habit	Plants perennial; from slender rhizomes.
Stems	prostrate to trailing, 10–40 cm; internodes glabrous.
Leaves	evenly spaced, broadly elliptic to ovate, 8–20 mm, not fleshy; margins not papillate, generally wavy; shiny, glabrous.
Inflorescences	flowers solitary in axils; pedicels ascending in flower, spreading to recurved in fruit.
Flowers	sepals (4)5, lanceolate, 2.5–4 mm; acute to acuminate, glabrous; margins scarious; veins in fruit 3, prominent; petals usually 0.
Fruits	ovoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, tan to brown.
Seeds	0.8–1 mm, red-brown; tubercles low, elongate.
2n	=26, 52.

	Stellaria crispa	Stellaria dicranoides
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Discussion	Moist woods, boggy flats, moist shaded roadsides. Flowering Apr–Aug. 0–2100 m. Casc, CR, Est, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, WA; north to AK, northeast to Alberta. Native.
Source	Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 580 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman
Sibling taxa	S. borealis, S. borealis x Stellaria longifolia, S. calycantha, S. graminea, S. humifusa, S. longifolia, S. longipes, S. media, S. nitens, S. obtusa, S. umbellata	S. borealis, S. borealis x Stellaria longifolia, S. calycantha, S. crispa, S. graminea, S. humifusa, S. longifolia, S. longipes, S. media, S. nitens, S. obtusa, S. umbellata
Web links	Local floras: BC, 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	Local Web sites: 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

Stellaria crispa

Stellaria dicranoides

crisp starwort

Habit

Plants perennial; from slender rhizomes.

Stems

prostrate to trailing, 10–40 cm;

internodes glabrous.

Leaves

evenly spaced, broadly elliptic to ovate, 8–20 mm, not fleshy;

margins not papillate, generally wavy; shiny, glabrous.

Inflorescences

flowers solitary in axils;

pedicels ascending in flower, spreading to recurved in fruit.

Flowers

sepals (4)5, lanceolate, 2.5–4 mm; acute to acuminate, glabrous;

margins scarious;

veins in fruit 3, prominent;

petals usually 0.

Fruits

ovoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, tan to brown.

Seeds

0.8–1 mm, red-brown; tubercles low, elongate.

=26, 52.

Stellaria crispa

Stellaria dicranoides

Distribution

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Discussion

Moist woods, boggy flats, moist shaded roadsides. Flowering Apr–Aug. 0–2100 m. Casc, CR, Est, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, WA; north to AK, northeast to Alberta. Native.

Source

Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 580
Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman

Sibling taxa