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Beach Starwort
Stellaria littoralis
  
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About Beach Starwort (Stellaria littoralis) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Stellaria littoralis is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name beach starwort. It is endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area and North Coast of California, where it grows in moist coast habitat, such as marshes, bogs, and coastal bluffs. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing sprawling, branching stems which are four-angled and hairy in texture, reaching up to about 60 centimeters long. The lance-shaped or pointed oval leaves are up to 4. 5 centimeters long and are oppositely arranged in pairs. The inflorescence bears several flowers, each on a short pedicel. The flower has five hairy, pointed green sepals each a few millimeters long. There are five white petals, each so deeply lobed it appears to be two. This plant is similar to its Asian relative Stellaria dichotoma, and it may actually be a population of that species that was introduced to the California coast long ago.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Size
Size
2 ft tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
White, Green

Wildlife Supported
 


 
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 11 likely * ) SHOW ALL
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Nathalis iole Image
Dainty Sulphur Nathalis ioleNathalis iole
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Hyles lineata Image
White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineataHyles lineata
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Hemileuca eglanterina Image
Elegant Sheepmoth Hemileuca eglanterinaHemileuca eglanterina
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Agrotis venerabilis Image
Venerable Dart Agrotis venerabilisAgrotis venerabilis
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Xanthorhoe ferrugata Image
Red Twin-Spot Xanthorhoe ferrugataXanthorhoe ferrugata
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Xestia c-nigrum Image
Spotted Cut-Worm Xestia c-nigrumXestia c-nigrum
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Egira curialis Image
Citrus Cutworm Egira curialisEgira curialis

Landscaping Information
Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 15.8" - 51.7", Summer Precipitation: 0.24" - 1.80", Coldest Month: 30.4" - 50.8", Hottest Month: 55.3" - 66.6", Humidity: 0.36" - 18.47", Elevation: 4" - 6844"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Shore Chickweed, Shore Starwort


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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