Stellaria alsine Grimm
(Bog Stitchwort)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStellaria alsine (Bog Stitchwort)
GenusStellaria (chickweeds)
FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)
OrderCARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Stellaria alsine (Bog Stitchwort) :
1: Stellaria alsine (Bog Stitchwort)
18 May 2004 OSGR: SX77 50° 30’ N, 3° 50’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
Image 1: Flower and leaves - close-upImage 2: Flower - enblargedImage 3: Flowers and leavesImage 4: Leaves and inflorescence - close-upImage 5: Plant - in situ
2: Stellaria alsine (Bog Stitchwort)
25 May 1974 OSGR: SE33 53° 50’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England

specimen with a few branches

Image 1: Flowers and leaves

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest
Poland, J. 2007 Maddening Mimics: a belated reply BSBI News 106: 4-6.

Stellaria alsine (Bog Stitchwort) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stellaria alsine (Bog Stitchwort)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Stellaria alsine (Bog Stitchwort)
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