Caryophyllaceae
Wood stitchwort
Stellaria nemorum
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Stellaria
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Common names
By language (29)
- Belarusian
- Зоркаўка дуброўная, Зорказка лясная, Зоркаўка гаёвая, Зоркаўка дубраўная
- Bulgarian
- Горска звездица
- Chinese
- 腺毛繁縷, 腺毛繁缕, 森林繁缕
- csb
- Lesny mëszôk
- Czech
- Ptačinec hajní
- Dutch
- Bosmuur
- English
- Wood stitchwort, Greater stitchwort, Wood chickweed
- Estonian
- Salu-tähthein
- Finnish
- Lehtotähtimö
- French
- Stellaire des bois
- German
- Hain-Sternmiere, Waldsternmiere, Hainmiere, Wald-Sternmiere
- hsb
- Přirěčny hwězdnik
- Hungarian
- Erdei csillaghúr
- kw
- Boos nader
- Latvian
- Birztalas virza
- Lithuanian
- Miškinė žliūgė
- Macedonian
- Шумска ѕвезденка
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skogstjerneblom
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Skogstjerneblom
- Persian
- گندمک جنگلی
- Polish
- Gwiazdnica gajowa
- Russian
- Звездчатка дубравная, Звёздочка лесная
- se
- Rohtohilsku
- Serbian
- Шумска мишјакиња, Šumska mišjakinja
- Slovak
- Hviezdica hájna
- Slovenian
- Gozdna zvezdica
- Swedish
- Lundarv
- Ukrainian
- Зірочник гайовий, Зірочник дібровний
- Welsh
- Serenllys-y-coed Cymreig, Serenllys y coed
Synonyms
- Alsine media var. nemorum (L.) Kuntze
- Alsine nemorum Schreb.
- Alsine nemorum Macl.
- Cerastium nemorum Crantz
- Stellaria ciliata Vahl ex Pers.
- Stellaria limitanea Standl.
- Stellaria nemorum var. bracteata Fenzl
- Stellaria nemorum var. bungeana Regel
- Stellaria nemorum var. subebracteata Fenzl
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 422 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Luca Fornasari, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: b.gliwa, CC BY-SA 1.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cowslip fairy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ксения Волянская, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kenraiz Krzysztof Ziarnek, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Halabica, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: BIHNZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cowslip fairy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.