Caryophyllaceae
Common starwort
Stellaria graminea
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Stellaria
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Common names
By language (28)
- arz
- نبات عشبى شائع
- Belarusian
- Зоркаўка травяністая
- Bulgarian
- Тревна звездица
- Catalan
- Rèvola menuda
- Chinese
- 禾叶繁缕, 禾葉繁縷, 草状繁缕, 银柴胡
- Czech
- Ptačinec trávovitý
- Dutch
- Grasmuur
- English
- Common starwort, Grass-like starwort, Common stitchwort, Grassleaf starwort, Lesser stitchwort, Grass-leaved chickweed
- Estonian
- Oras-tähthein
- Finnish
- Heinätähtimö
- French
- Stellaire graminée, Stellaire graminee, Stellaire à feuilles de graminée
- German
- Gras-Sternmiere, Grasmiere, Grassternmiere
- hsb
- Łučny hwězdnik
- Icelandic
- Akurarfi
- Irish
- Tursarraing bheag
- kw
- Lagasow kathes
- Latvian
- Zāļlapu virza
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Gresstjerneblom
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Grasstjerneblom
- Polish
- Gwiazdnica trawiasta
- Romanian
- Rocoțea, Rocoţea
- Russian
- Звездчатка злаковая, Звездчатка злакови́дная
- Slovak
- Hviezdica trávovitá
- Slovenian
- Travnata zvezdica
- Spanish
- Estelaria, Larbrea graminea
- Swedish
- Grässtjärnblomma
- Ukrainian
- Зірочник злакоподібний, Зірочник злаковидний
- Welsh
- Serenllys bach
Synonyms
- Alsine graminea (L.) Britton
- Cerastium gramineum Crantz
- Stellaria graminea var. graminea
- Stellaria gramineoides Y.Hazit
- Stellaria patentifolia Kitag.
- Stellularia graminea (L.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 1,968 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Matthew Elmes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: gerardbertrand, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 07:15, 26 September 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Анна Анисимова, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 07:16, 26 September 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Levana Sativa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aleksa Dragović, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Gilles San Martin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pleple2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Greater chickweedStellaria neglectaCaryophyllaceae
- Saltmarsh starwortStellaria humifusaCaryophyllaceae
- Common chickweedStellaria pallidaCaryophyllaceae
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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.