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Stellaria borealis Bigelow ssp. sitchana (Steud.) Piper
Sitka starwort

       
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Stellaria borealis Bigelow ssp. sitchana (Steud.) Piper

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Synonyms:
Stellaria borealis Bigelow ssp. sitchana (Steud.) Piper

  ALBO4 Alsine bongardiana (Fernald) Davidson & Moxley
  ALBR7 Alsine brachypetala (Bong.) Howell
  STBO5 Stellaria bongardiana Fernald, nom. inq.
  STBOB2 Stellaria borealis Bigelow ssp. bongardiana (Fernald) Piper & Beattie
  STBOB3 Stellaria borealis Bigelow var. bongardiana Fernald
  STBOS2 Stellaria borealis Bigelow var. sitchana (Steud.) Fernald
  STBRB3 Stellaria brachypetala Bong. var. bongardiana (Fernald) Fernald, nom. inq.
  STCAB2 Stellaria calycantha (Ledeb.) Bong. var. bongardiana (Fernald) Fernald
  STCAS2 Stellaria calycantha (Ledeb.) Bong. var. sitchana (Steud.) Fernald
  STSI3 Stellaria sitchana Steud.
  STSIB2 Stellaria sitchana Steud. var. bongardiana (Fernald) Hultén
 

Distribution:
Stellaria borealis Bigelow ssp. sitchana (Steud.) Piper

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USA (AK, CA, ID, MT, OR, SD, WA), CAN (BC)
 

Related Taxa:
Stellaria borealis Bigelow ssp. sitchana (Steud.) Piper

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 32 species in Stellaria, 2 subspecies in Stellaria borealis Bigelow
 

Classification:
Stellaria borealis Bigelow ssp. sitchana (Steud.) Piper

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Caryophyllidae
Order Caryophyllales
Family Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus Stellaria L. – starwort
Species Stellaria borealis Bigelow – boreal starwort
Subspecies Stellaria borealis Bigelow ssp. sitchana (Steud.) Piper – Sitka starwort
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Stellaria borealis Bigelow ssp. sitchana (Steud.) Piper

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Connecticut:
Stellaria borealis
northern stitchwort              Special Concern
New Jersey:
Stellaria borealis
boreal starwort              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Stellaria borealis Bigelow ssp. sitchana (Steud.) Piper

Stellaria sitchana:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC,OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FACW- OBL* FAC NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Stellaria borealis Bigelow ssp. sitchana (Steud.) Piper

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524718.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

 
 
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