UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Stellaria obtusa

Stellaria nitens

blunt-sepaled starwort

shiny starwort
Habit Usually glabrous, delicate, erect annual, the filiform stem up to 2 dm. tall, simple or branched below.
Leaves

Leaves opposite, only on the lower half of the stem, linear or linear lanceolate, 5-10 mm. long;

basal leaves with a small ovate blade 3-8 mm. long and a petiole at least as long.
Flowers

Flowers in a large, open inflorescence with membranous bracts and filiform pedicels;

sepals 5, 3-4 mm. long, lanceolate, pointed, 3-nerved, with transparent margins;

petals wanting or very small.
Fruits

Capsule narrowly cylindric-ovoid, shorter than the sepals.

Stellaria obtusa

Stellaria nitens
Flowering time June-July April-June
Habitat Moist forest and riparian zone understory, talus slopes, from low to moderate elevations. Gravelly prairies and stream banks to grassy hillsides at low elevations.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Baja California, east to Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
S. alsine, S. borealis, S. calycantha, S. crispa, S. graminea, S. humifusa, S. longifolia, S. longipes, S. media, S. neglecta, S. nitens, S. pallida, S. umbellata
S. alsine, S. borealis, S. calycantha, S. crispa, S. graminea, S. humifusa, S. longifolia, S. longipes, S. media, S. neglecta, S. obtusa, S. pallida, S. umbellata
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