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Lesser Stitchwort (Stellaria graminea)

Image ID: 2015/ahgh132

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Introduced
Family: Caryophyllaceae (Pink)
Height: 1 to 1.5 ft.
Blooms: May to October
Leaf Type: smooth
Bloom Size:  0.375 in. (typical)
Flower Description: Individual flowers, Regular blooms, 5 parts
Location: Allegheny Highlands Trail
Date:  7/4/2015
Notes: 5 deeply cleft petals look like 10.
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Lesser Stitchwort may be easily confused with:
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.

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