Stellaria vestita
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Description
Perennial, richly branched herb.
Leaves ± sessile, ovate-oblong, narrowly elliptic, acute, stellately haired on both sides, (1-)3-3.5(-5) by 0.3-1.2 cm.
Inflorescences terminal or axillary, lax cymes;
Sepals ovate-narrowly elliptic to triangular, 4-6 mm, stellately haired and with scarious margin.
Petals deeply bilobed with divergent lobes, as long as sepals or slightly shorter.
Stamens 10, filaments enlarged towards the base, inserted on a disc, as long as sepals.
Ovary spherical or ovoid;
Capsule as long as calyx, dehiscing by 6 valves.
Seeds reddish brown, oblong, 0.6 mm, rugose.
Distribution
Asia-Temperate: Taiwan (Taiwan present), Asia-Tropical: East Himalaya (Bhutan present); India present; Jawa (Jawa present); New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Vietnam (Vietnam present), Himalayan region present, Japan present, Luzon present, Mt Tengger present, Myanmar present, N Thailand present, Nepal present, Russia present, Semeru present, southern China present
Widely distributed from India in the Himalayan region, Russia (Siberia), Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, southern China to Japan, Taiwan, N Thailand and Vietnam. In Malesia: in Java (Mt Tengger and Semeru), the Philippines (Luzon), and New Guinea.
Citation
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Kurz 1992 – In: Fl. Thailand: 422
Steenis 1972: Mount. Fl. Java: f. 8
Steenis 1972: Mount. Fl. Java: f. 8
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Miq. 1855 – In: Fl. Ned. Ind.: 1054
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