Caryophyllaceae
Longstalk starwort
Stellaria longipes
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Stellaria
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Longstalk starwort, Chickweed, starwort
Synonyms
- Alsine laeta (Richardson) Rydb.
- Alsine longipes (Goldie) Coville
- Alsine longipes var. laeta (Richardson) A.Heller
- Alsine longipes var. peduncularis (Bunge) Britton
- Alsine longipes var. stricta (Richardson) Rydb.
- Alsine palmeri Rydb.
- Alsine strictiflora Rydb.
- Alsine validus Goodd.
- Stellaria dulcis Gervais
- Stellaria edwardsii R.Br.
- Stellaria edwardsii var. arctica (Schischk.) Hultén
- Stellaria edwardsii var. crassipes (Hultén) B.Boivin
- Stellaria hultenii B.Boivin
- Stellaria laeta Richardson
- Stellaria laeta var. altocaulis (Hultén) B.Boivin
- Stellaria laxmannii Fisch. ex DC.
- Stellaria longifolia var. laeta (Richardson) S.Watson
- Stellaria longipes subsp. longipes
- Stellaria longipes subsp. monantha (Hultén) W.A.Weber
- Stellaria longipes subsp. stricta (Rich.) W.A.Weber
- Stellaria longipes var. altocaulis (Hultén) C.L.Hitchc.
- Stellaria longipes var. edwardsii (R.Br.) S.Watson
- Stellaria longipes var. laeta (Richardson) S.Watson
- Stellaria longipes var. longipes
- Stellaria longipes var. minor Hook.
- Stellaria longipes var. monantha (Hultén) S.L.Welsh
- Stellaria longipes var. subvestita (Greene) Polunin
- Stellaria monantha Hultén
- Stellaria monantha subsp. atlantica Hultén
- Stellaria monantha var. altocaulis Hultén
- Stellaria monantha var. atlantica (Hultén) B.Boivin
- Stellaria palmeri (Rydb.) Tidestr.
- Stellaria peduncularis Bunge
- Stellaria stricta Richardson
- Stellaria subvestita Greene
- Stellaria valida (Goodd.) J.M.Coult. & A.Nelson
- Stellularia longipes MacMill.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.