Stellaria palustris resembles the very common stellaria holostea, differing in the narrower, hairless leaves and the more deeply divided petals, as well as the habitat.
Common name:
Marsh stitchwort
Family:
Scientific name:
Stellaria palustris
Main flower color:
Range:
England, Ireland, southern Scotland and east Wales, though only very locally common
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Marshes and fens
Flowers:
Five green sepals, with hairless white margins, and five white petals, divided to the base into obovate lobes. Three styles and ten stamens. Flowers are solitary, attached by long, slender, hairless pedicels
Leaves:
Opposite, narrow, linear, greyish-green, with smooth margins. On smooth stems, square in cross-section
Season:
May to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
