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Stellaria dianthifolia F. N. Williams

Description

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Herbs perennial, pinkish green, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Stems diffuse or ascending, (5--)10--40 cm tall, slender, simple or apically branched. Leaves linear, (1--)1.6--4.5 cm × 2--4 mm, midvein conspicuous, abaxially densely pubescent, basal ones with margin ciliate, apex acuminate. Flowers 6--9, in terminal and sparse dichotomous cymes; bracts linear, margin membranous, apex acute. Pedicel 1.2--1.4 cm. Sepals 5, lanceolate-linear, 6--7 mm, 3-veined, margin narrowly membranous, apex acuminate. Petals 5, 2-cleft nearly to base; lobes narrow. Capsule ovoid-orbicular. Seeds brown, minute, compressed, auriculate, rugulose, with granular protuberances. Fl. Jun--Jul, fr. Aug--Sep.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 6: 23 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Distribution

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Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Xizang.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 6: 23 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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eFloras.org
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Habitat

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* Forests; (3200--)3400--3800(--4400) m.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 6: 23 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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eFloras.org
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Synonym

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Stellaria yunnanensis Franchet f. villosa C. Y. Wu ex P. Ke.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 6: 23 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
project
eFloras.org
original
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eFloras