Stellaria crassifoliaEhrh.

fleshy starwortfleshy stitchwort

WFO wfo-0000436296 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Stellaria crassifolia, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. a Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-10-15 / obs. 102468042
Stellaria crassifolia, photographed by Ilya Filippov
fig. b Ilya Filippov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 33532346
Stellaria crassifolia, photographed by lallen
fig. c lallen, CC0 1.0 / obs. 181345737
Stellaria crassifolia, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. d Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102468007
Stellaria crassifolia, photographed by lallen
fig. e lallen, CC0 1.0 / obs. 181345747
Stellaria crassifolia, photographed by Yurii Basov
fig. f Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144072320
Stellaria crassifolia, photographed by Sigitas Juzėnas
fig. g Sigitas Juzėnas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 43228845
Stellaria crassifolia, photographed by Yurii Basov
fig. h Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144072344

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Native range 57 botanical countries

Regions where Stellaria crassifolia is native: Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Mongolia, Transcaucasus, Tuva, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, South European Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Illinois, Labrador, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Mexico, Newfoundland, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon AltayBuryatiyaChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskKamchatkaKazakhstanKhabarovskKirgizstanKrasnoyarskMagadanMongoliaTranscaucasusTuvaWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaBaltic StatesBelarusCentral European RussiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandGermanyIcelandNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayPolandSouth European RussiaSwedenUkraineAlaskaAlbertaBritish ColumbiaColoradoIllinoisLabradorManitobaMichiganMinnesotaNew BrunswickNew MexicoNewfoundlandNorth DakotaNova ScotiaNunavutOntarioPrince Edward I.QuébecSaskatchewanSouth DakotaUtahWisconsinWyomingYukon
Native distribution of Stellaria crassifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
British Columbia BRC
Colorado COL
Illinois ILL
Labrador LAB
Manitoba MAN
Michigan MIC
Minnesota MIN
New Brunswick NBR
New Mexico NWM
Newfoundland NFL
North Dakota NDA
Nova Scotia NSC
Nunavut NUN
Ontario ONT
Prince Edward I. PEI
Québec QUE
Saskatchewan SAS
South Dakota SDA
Utah UTA
Wisconsin WIS
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Buryatiya BRY
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Kamchatka KAM
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Kirgizstan KGZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Kuril Is. KUR
Magadan MAG
Mongolia MON
Transcaucasus TCS
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
Baltic States BLT EUROPE
Belarus BLR
Central European Russia RUC
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
Germany GER
Iceland ICE
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
Poland POL
South European Russia RUS
Sweden SWE
Ukraine UKR

Not drawn on the map: Kuril Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Alsine crassifolia (Ehrh.) Britton
  • Cerastium tetragonum Baumg.
  • Larbrea crassifolia (Ehrh.) Rchb.
  • Stellaria crassifolia f. crassifolia
  • Stellaria crassifolia var. crassifolia
  • Stellaria crassifolia var. eriocalycina Schischk.
  • Stellaria crassifolia var. linearis Fenzl
  • Stellaria gracilis Richardson

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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