Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Stellaria prostrata
Stellaria prostrata Baldw.
Prostrate Starwort, Prostrate Chickweed
Caryophyllaceae (Pink Family)
USDA Symbol: STPRUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Stellaria prostrata
Prostrate Starwort, Chickweed
Caryophyllaceae
Location: N of East-West Path & adjacent to Clubhouse--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Shady, damp, alkaline, alluvial soil. Among various Poaceae, Calyptus & under Prosopis.
Description: Low, diffusely branched annual, decumbent to 15 cm long. Leaves ovate to elliptic, acute apically, bases rounded to cuneate. Petioles ciliate, sepals oblong-lanceolate. Petals-5, shorter than calyx. Fruit not present.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jan 2, 1994
Specimen number: 516
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0777
Accession Date: May 26, 1994
Accession Number: 58
Annotations: (In flower)SCXRB