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Longstalk starwort

Stellaria longipes

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) unclecrab, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.

United States	7,177
Canada	6,852
California	926
Quebec	896
British Columbia	741
Yukon	522
Nevada	498
Ontario	423
Idaho	396
Alaska	349

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

Traits

Group and habits

Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics

Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	Dicots · Magnoliopsida
Order	pinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Family	pink family · Caryophyllaceae
Genus	chickweeds · Stellaria

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Wetland-associated Species of New Hampshire, United States

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Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
How much to rely on each source

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