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Jepson eFlora: Taxon page
Key to families | Table of families and genera |
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Family: Caryophyllaceae | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Genus: Stellaria | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Species: | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Higher Taxonomy
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Stellaria obtusa Engelm. NATIVE Habit: Perennial herb, generally prostrate, 4--20 cm, generally glabrous; rhizome white. Stem: internodes glabrous. Leaf: +- evenly spaced; blade 5--12 mm, +- ovate; margin +- not papillate, +- flat, shiny, generally ciliate near base. Inflorescence: flowers 1 in axils; pedicels ascending, in fruit spreading to reflexed. Flower: sepals generally 4, 1.5--3.5 mm, +- ovate, +- obtuse, glabrous, margin +- thinly scarious, rib 1, obscure; petals 0. Seed: 0.6--0.7 mm, dark brown, tubercles low, +- elongate. Chromosomes: 2n=26,52,+-65,+-78. Ecology: Moist areas in woodland, shaded edges of creeks; Elevation: 1600--2000 m. Bioregional Distribution: NCoR, CaR, c SNF, n&c SNH, MP; Distribution Outside California: to British Columbia, Montana, Colorado. Flowering Time: Late spring--summer eFlora Treatment Author: Ronald L. Hartman & Richard K. Rabeler Reference: Morton 2005 FNANM 5:96--114 Unabridged Reference: Chinnappa & Morton 1991 Rhodora 93:129--135; Morton & Rabeler 1989 Canad J Bot 67:121--127; Morton 2005 FNANM 5:96--114 Jepson Online Interchange Listed on CNPS Rare Plant Inventory Previous taxon: Stellaria nitens Next taxon: Stellaria pallida | ![]() |
Citation for this treatment: Ronald L. Hartman & Richard K. Rabeler 2012, Stellaria obtusa, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=45504, accessed on April 19, 2018. Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2018, Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 19, 2018.
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