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Prickly Starwort

Stellaria pungens

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 178, February 78, March 33, April 32, May 40, June 22, July 33, August 44, September 83, October 255, November 415, December 327.
Australia1,540
Victoria1,107
New South Wales305
Australian Capital Territory88
Tasmania30
South Australia8
Queensland2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderpinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Familypink family · Caryophyllaceae
Genuschickweeds · Stellaria

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Remember the name next time.

Practise Prickly Starwort with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.