Common name:
Bog stitchwort
Family:
Scientific name:
Stellaria alsine
Synonym:
stellaria uliginosa
Main flower color:
Range:
Scotland, Wales and western England; less common in the east, and in Ireland
Height:
Up to 20 cm
Habitat:
Wet woodland, bogs
Flowers:
Small; around 6 mm across, with five narrow, pointed green sepals below and between five shorter white petals, divided right to the base, and widely separated, so that lobes of adjacent petals may touch but rarely overlap. The undivided portion of the calyx is funnel-shaped, tapering smoothly to the hairless stem, which may be round or, more usually, square in cross-section
Leaves:
Opposite, narrow, hairless, greyish-green, up to 20 mm long
Season:
May to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
