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Stellaria crispa

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Caryophyllaceae

Scientific name
  
Stellaria crispa

Order
  
Caryophyllales

Genus
  
Stellaria

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Stellaria obtusa, Stellaria littoralis, Stellaria calycantha, Stellaria fontinalis, Stellaria humifusa

Stellaria crispa is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names curled starwort and crisp starwort. It is native to western North America from Alaska south to California and Wyoming, where it grows in moist, shady habitat such as deep forests and streambanks. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing a mat of prostrate or trailing stems up to about 40 centimeters long. It is lined with opposite pairs of pointed oval leaves each 1 to 2 centimeters long. Single flowers occur in the leaf axils, each borne on a short pedicel. The flower has five pointed green sepals each a few millimeters long. Some flowers have one or more petals, but most lack these.

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Stellaria crispa Wikipedia