Stellaria borealis ssp. sitchana Calflora

Calflora

Taxon Report 7769

Stellaria borealis Bigelow ssp. sitchana (Steud.) Piper & Beattie

Boreal starwort, Northern starwort, Sitka starwort

2011 Vernon Smith

2009 Keir Morse

2015 Aaron Arthur

2013 Robert Steers/NPS

Stellaria borealis ssp. sitchana, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.


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Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Stellaria
Parent:	Stellaria borealis

Wetlands: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Communities: Northern Coastal Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Alsine bongardiana
PLANTS	Alsine brachypetala
PLANTS	Stellaria bongardiana
PLANTS	Stellaria borealis ssp. bongardiana
JEF + PLANTS	Stellaria borealis var. bongardiana
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More information about Stellaria borealis ssp. sitchana


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (STBOS) BONAP Distribution Map	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net / Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2021. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 10/20/2021).