PLANTS Profile for Stellaria palustris (meadow starwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Stellaria palustris (Murray) Retz.
meadow starwort

Symbol:

STPA7

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Line Drawing of Stellaria palustris (Murray) Retz.

Alsine glauca

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 44. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Stellaria palustris (Murray) Retz.

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Synonyms:
Stellaria palustris (Murray) Retz.

	ALGL10	Alsine glauca (With.) Britton
	STFE2	Stellaria fennica auct. non (Murb.) Perf.
	STGL3	Stellaria glauca With.

Distribution:
Stellaria palustris (Murray) Retz.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (ME, WI), CAN (QC)

Related Taxa:
Stellaria palustris (Murray) Retz.

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 32 species in Stellaria

Classification:
Stellaria palustris (Murray) Retz.

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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 palustris (Murray) Retz. – meadow starwort

Introduced Information:
Stellaria palustris (Murray) Retz.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 palustris (Murray) Retz.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 2

Reg. 3

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Reg. 7

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FACU

FAC*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Stellaria palustris (Murray) Retz.

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 20191.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 01:45 AM CDT