Biology:Stellaria umbellata

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Stellaria umbellata
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Stellaria umbellata
Kar. & Kir.
Synonyms

Alsine baicalensis
Stellaria gonomischa
Stellaria weberi

Stellaria umbellata is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names umbrella starwort[1] and umbellate starwort. It is native to western North America from Alaska and northwestern Canada to the southwestern United States, as well as parts of Asia, including Siberia. It grows in subalpine and alpine climates in mountain forests and riverbanks. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing a slender prostrate stem up to about 20 centimeters long, sometimes forming clumps or mats. The stem is lined with pairs of oval leaves each up to about 2 centimeters long. The inflorescence is an umbel-shaped array of several flowers each on an arching or erect pedicels. The flower has five pointed green sepals each no more than 3 millimeters long. There are occasionally tiny white petals within the calyx of sepals, but these are generally absent.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7607230 entry