Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Caryophyllaceae

Stellaria - [maps | photos]

• Stellaria alsine Grimm (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: bog chickweed

• Stellaria corei Shinners
  Common Name: Tennessee chickweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Stellaria tennesseensis (C. Mohr) Strausbaugh & Core

• Stellaria fontinalis (Short & Peter) B.L. Rob. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: American water chickweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Sagina fontinalis Short & Peter

         • Arenaria fontinalis (Short & Peter) Shinners

• Stellaria graminea * L.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: grasslike chickweed

• Stellaria longifolia Muhl. ex Willd. (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: longleaf chickweed

• Stellaria media * (L.) Vill.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: common chickweed

• Stellaria pallida * (Dumort.) Crépin
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: common chickweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.

• Stellaria pubera Michx.
  Common Name: star chickweed

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.