Caryophyllaceae
Boreal starwort
Stellaria borealis
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Stellaria
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 北方繁縷, 北方繁缕
- English
- Boreal starwort
- Finnish
- Pohjantähtimö
- Icelandic
- Línarfi
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fjellstjerneblom
- Persian
- گندمک شمالی
- Swedish
- Norrlandsarv
Synonyms
- Micropetalon lanceolatum Pers.
- Spergulastrum lanceolatum Michx.
- Stellaria borealis subsp. borealis
- Stellaria borealis var. borealis
- Stellaria borealis var. floribunda Fernald
- Stellaria borealis var. isophylla Fernald
- Stellaria calycantha subsp. interior Hultén
- Stellaria calycantha var. floribunda (Fernald) Fernald
- Stellaria calycantha var. isophylla (Fernald) Fernald
- Stellaria calycantha var. latifolia B.Boivin
- Stellaria calycantha var. laurentiana Fernald
- Stellularia borealis (Bigelow) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Doug Weihrauch, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.