Gateshead Birders

Flora

Greater Stitchwort


Stellaria holostea

Other names:

Photo © Keith Robson
02 May 2010, Greenford Lane, Lamesley, Gateshead, , Co. Durham, UK

Frequent in woods and on shady roadsides.

Flower diameter c 20-30 mm

Petals notched to about halfway, petals much longer than sepals.  All leaves unstalked, narrow and tapering from near the base to a pointed tip.  Flowers over 15 mm in diameter.

Other features: Leaves a somewhat bluish, not yellowish, green.  On young shoots leaves held upright closely pressed together as in last picture. Some shoots do not flower.  Stems square.  Stamens up to 10, styles 3.  Sepals not conspicuously veined as they are in Lesser Stitchwort

 

 

 

Photo © Keith Robson

 

Photo © Keith Robson


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