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Stellaria alsine Grimm
bog chickweed

       
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Line Drawing of Stellaria alsine Grimm
Alsine uliginosa

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: 43. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Stellaria alsine Grimm

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Synonyms:
Stellaria alsine Grimm

  ALUL Alsine uliginosa (Murray) Britton
  STUL Stellaria uliginosa Murray
 

Distribution:
Stellaria alsine Grimm

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, ME, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VT, WA, WV), CAN (BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Stellaria alsine Grimm

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 32 species in Stellaria
 

Classification:
Stellaria alsine Grimm

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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 alsine Grimm – bog chickweed
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Stellaria alsine Grimm

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
trailing stitchwort              Endangered
Tennessee:
trailing stitchwort              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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 alsine Grimm

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 OBL OBL NI NO NO NO NO NO FAC NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Stellaria alsine Grimm

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20172.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
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