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Stellaria L.

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Stellaria L., Sp. Pl. 421 (1753)
Stellaria L.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
421
ICN
Stellaria L.
genus
Stellaria

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Stellaria L.

Fls hermaphrodite, regular, solitary or in cymes. Sepals 4-5, free; petals white, 4-5, us. very deeply bifid, sts lacking; stamens 10 or fewer; ovary 1-celled, styles 3 (rarely 2 or 4-5), free to the base; capsule opening by twice as many teeth as there are styles. Slender annual to perennial herbs. Lvs opp., simple, entire, exstipulate. About 85 spp., cosmopolitan. The 6 spp. indigenous to N.Z. are all endemic. Several naturalized spp. are widespread weeds.

Stellaria L.

Annual or perennial herbs. Hairs usually sparse and eglandular, or 0. Lvs opposite, exstipulate, sessile or petiolate, glabrous or ciliate, linear, lanceolate, ovate or orbicular. Infl. a dichasium or reduced to 1-2 fls; bracts scarious to herbaceous; epicalyx 0. Sepals 5, free, not veined or (1)-3-veined. Petals white, divided almost to base, rarely 0. Stamens 10 or fewer. Styles 3. Fr. a capsule, usually ovoid, sometimes globose or cylindric, dehiscing by 6 teeth; carpophore 0. Seeds usually 4-10, ovoid, flattened, tuberculate or papillate, not winged.

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Stellaria L.
Australia
Stellaria L.
Australia
New South Wales
Stellaria L.
Nepal
Stellaria L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Stellaria L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Stellaria L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Stellaria L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Stellaria L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Stellaria L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Stellaria L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Stellaria L.
United Kingdom

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990e7d0b-6b06-4cf9-ba6e-053ce7f9c6b9
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
28 January 2014
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