Flower; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 5/2012 © Julia Roeser
Habit; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 4/2011 © Julia Roeser
Identifier: 1938 Date of entry: 17.05.2012 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Greater Stitchwort
German: Große Sternmiere
Kingdom: Plantae (2728)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2642)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2226)
Order: Caryophyllales (114)
Family: Caryophyllaceae (39)(family description)
Genus: Stellaria (4)
Epithet: holostea L. (1)
holostea => whole bone
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
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