Stellaria gramineaL.

common starwortcommon stitchwortgrass-like starwortgrassleaf starwortlesser stitchwort

WFO wfo-0000436380 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Stellaria graminea, photographed by Daniel Seth Jackson
fig. a Daniel Seth Jackson, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-13 / obs. 205797573
Stellaria graminea, photographed by SK53
fig. b SK53, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 205822851
Stellaria graminea, photographed by Татьяна Горбушина
fig. c Татьяна Горбушина, CC0 1.0 / obs. 205803042
Stellaria graminea, photographed by Lee
fig. d Lee, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204969569
Stellaria graminea, photographed by Lee
fig. e Lee, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204447344
Stellaria graminea, photographed by Jais Knudsen
fig. f Jais Knudsen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203582664
Stellaria graminea, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. g Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 203355713
Stellaria graminea, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. h Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 203254329

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Native range 56 botanical countries

Regions where Stellaria graminea is native: Afghanistan, Altay, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, North Caucasus, Qinghai, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Tuva, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AfghanistanAltayBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChina South-CentralInner MongoliaIranIrkutskKazakhstanKrasnoyarskNorth CaucasusQinghaiTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTuvaWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaNepalPakistanWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyKrymNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Stellaria graminea, 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
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
North Caucasus NCS
Qinghai CHQ
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
Nepal NEP ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. 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.

Flowering 1,609 in flower of 1,643 examined

Peak flowering in Feb. Each bar is the share of Stellaria graminea observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 1,609 of 1,643 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. One month has fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for it. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 7 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 graminea (L.) Britton
  • Cerastium gramineum Crantz
  • Stellaria graminea var. graminea
  • Stellaria gramineoides Y.Hazit
  • Stellaria patentifolia Kitag.
  • Stellaria viridescens (Maxim.) Kozhevn.
  • Stellularia graminea (L.) Kuntze

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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