Caryophyllaceae
Meadow starwort
Stellaria palustris
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Stellaria
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Common names
By language (19)
- arz
- ستيلاريا بالستريس
- Belarusian
- Зоркаўка балотная
- Bulgarian
- Блатна звездица
- Chinese
- 沼生繁縷, 沼生繁缕, 沼泽繁缕, 沼繁缕, 赛繁缕
- Czech
- Ptačinec bahenní
- Dutch
- Zeegroene muur
- English
- Meadow starwort, Marsh stitchwort
- Estonian
- Soo-tähthein
- Finnish
- Luhtatähtimö
- French
- Stellaire des marais, Stellaire glauque
- German
- Sumpf-Sternmiere, Graugrüne Sternmiere, Sumpfsternmiere
- hsb
- Bahnowy hwězdnik
- Hungarian
- Mocsári csillaghúr
- Latvian
- Purva virza
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Myrstjerneblom
- Polish
- Gwiazdnica błotna
- Russian
- Звездчатка болотная
- Swedish
- Kärrstjärnblomma
- Welsh
- Serenllys llwydlas
Synonyms
- Alsine glauca (With.) E.H.L.Krause
- Stellaria barthiana Schur
- Stellaria dilleniana Moench
- Stellaria fennica (Murb.) Perf.
- Stellaria glauca With.
- Stellaria hsinganensis Kitag.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 147 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jake Dalzell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:G.canar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: UuMUfQ, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 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.