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Pseudostellaria
Pseudostellaria is a genus of flowering plants in the pink family. There are up to 20 species, most of which occur in Asia. They are similar to Stellaria, differing in the morphology of the roots and fruit capsules and having shallower notches in the petals.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
tuber starwort
speciesPseudostellaria jamesiana
Heterophylly false-starwort
speciesPseudostellaria heterophylla
Giant false-starwort
speciesPseudostellaria palibiniana
Pseudostellaria davidii
speciesPseudostellaria davidii
Narrow-leaf false-starwort
speciesPseudostellaria sylvatica
Pseudostellaria japonica
speciesPseudostellaria japonica
European False Stitchwort
speciesPseudostellaria europaea
Pseudostellaria heterantha
speciesPseudostellaria heterantha
Pseudostellaria rigida
speciesPseudostellaria rigida
Himalayan Starwort
speciesPseudostellaria himalaica
Pseudostellaria rupestris
speciesPseudostellaria rupestris
Pseudostellaria ebracteata
speciesPseudostellaria ebracteata
Narrowleaf chickweed
speciesPseudostellaria webbiana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72322.