Stellaria graminea L., 1753

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Lesser Stitchwort
• 🇫🇷 Stellaire graminée

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Clade: Superasterids
• Order: Caryophyllales
• Family: Caryophyllaceae
• Tribe: Alsineae
• Genus: Stellaria
• Species: Stellaria graminea

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with S. palustris Ehrh. ex Hoffm., 1791, which has longer petals (6-14 mm) and sepals (5-7 mm), while S. graminea has shorter petals (4-8 mm) and sepals (3-6 mm). S. palustris is almost absent from the south of France and its population is declining elsewhere in the territory.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• S. graminea var. chinensis (Regel) Maxim., 1889;
• S. graminea var. graminea L., 1753, P;
• S. graminea var. pilosula Maxim., 1889;
• S. graminea var. viridescens Maxim., 1889.

Photographs

Sources

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 663). Biotope.