Caryophyllaceae
Longleaf starwort
Stellaria longifolia
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Stellaria
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 伞繁缕, 铺散繁缕, 长叶繁缕, 睫毛长叶繁缕
- Czech
- Ptačinec dlouholistý
- English
- Longleaf starwort
- Estonian
- Varju-tähthein
- Finnish
- Metsätähtimö
- German
- Langblättrige Sternmiere
- hsb
- Kosmičkaty hwězdnik
- Polish
- Gwiazdnica długolistna
Synonyms
- Alsine friesiana (Ser.) E.H.L.Krause
- Alsine longifolia (Muhl. ex Willd.) Britton
- Stellaria atrata (J.W.Moore) B.Boivin
- Stellaria atrata var. eciliata B.Boivin
- Stellaria diffusa Pall. ex D.F.K.Schltdl.
- Stellaria diffusa f. ciliolata Kitag.
- Stellaria diffusa var. ciliolata Kitag.
- Stellaria friesiana Ser.
- Stellaria longifolia f. ciliolata (Kitag.) Y.C.Chu
- Stellaria longifolia f. longifolia
- Stellaria longifolia var. atrata J.W.Moore
- Stellaria longifolia var. eciliata (B.Boivin) B.Boivin
- Stellaria longifolia var. legitima Regel
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: pellaea, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Татьяна Максимова, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shaan Aroeste, 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.