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Caryophyllaceae

Fleshy starwort

Stellaria crassifolia Ehrh.

Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Stellaria

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Common names

By language (17)
arz
ستيلاريا كراسيفوليا
Belarusian
Зоркаўка таўсталістая
Chinese
叶苞繁缕, 葉苞繁縷, 厚叶繁缕, 线形叶苞繁缕
Danish
Tykbladet fladstjerne
English
Fleshy starwort, Fleshy stitchwort
Estonian
Turd-tähthein
Finnish
Lettotähtimö
German
Dickblättrige Sternmiere
hsb
Tołstołopjenaty hwězdnik
Icelandic
Stjörnuarfi
Latvian
Biezlapu virza
Norwegian Bokmål
Saftstjerneblom
Polish
Gwiazdnica grubolistna
Russian
Звездчатка толстолистная
Swedish
Sumparv
Tatar
Калын яфраклы йолдызак
Ukrainian
Зірочник товстолистий

Synonyms

  • Alsine crassifolia (Ehrh.) Britton
  • Cerastium tetragonum Baumg.
  • Larbrea crassifolia (Ehrh.) Rchb.
  • Stellaria crassifolia f. crassifolia
  • Stellaria crassifolia var. crassifolia
  • Stellaria crassifolia var. eriocalycina Schischk.
  • Stellaria crassifolia var. linearis Fenzl
  • Stellaria gracilis Richardson

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

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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.