Caryophyllaceae
Mexican starwort
Stellaria cuspidata
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Stellaria
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Mexican starwort
Synonyms
- Alsine cuspidata Wooton & Standl.
- Stellaria baldwniini Fenzl ex Peyr.
- Stellaria ciliata var. cuspidata (D.F.K.Schltdl.) Rohrb.
- Stellaria cuspidata subsp. cuspidata
- Stellaria francheti Honda
- Stellaria leptopetala Benth.
- Stellaria nemoralis Salisb.
- Stellaria nemorum f. reichenbachii Murb.
- Stellaria nemorum var. japonica Franch. & Sav.
- Stellaria nemorum var. montana Murb.
- Stellaria reichenbachii Wierzb. ex Heuff.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, 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.