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Stellaria

Greater stitchwort, Stellaria holostea

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Stellaria

Species

includes:

S. aquaticum (water chickweed)
S. graminea (lesser stitchwort)
S. holostea (greater stitchwort)
S. media (common chickweed)
S. neglecta (greater chickweed)
S. nemorum (wood stitchwort)
S. palustris (marsh stitchwort)
S. uliginosa (bog stitchwort)

The genus Stellaria are the stitchworts and chickweeds, flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae.

Chickweeds are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Riband Wave.

Lesser stitchwort, Stellaria graminea

Categories: Caryophyllales

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