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 Greater stitchwort, Stellaria holostea
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Stellaria is a genus of about 90-120 species flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Stellaria holostea ( Addersmeat, or Greater Stitchwort) is an Ornamental plant native of Europe. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Magnoliopsida is the Botanical name for a class of Flowering plants By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its Caryophyllales is an order of Flowering plants that includes the cacti, carnations Amaranths Ice plants and most The Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of Flowering plants The species are Dicotyledons A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group In Biological classification, family ( Latin The Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of Flowering plants The species are Dicotyledons In Biogeography, a Biological category of living things is said to have cosmopolitan distribution if this category can be found almost anywhere around the world Common names include stitchwort and chickweed.
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Food Use
Chickweeds are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Angle Shades, Heart and Dart, Riband Wave, Setaceous Hebrew Character and the Coleophora case-bearers C. A larva ( Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of Animal with indirect development, undergoing Metamorphosis (for example Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. The Angle Shades ( Phlogophora meticulosa) is a Moth of the family Noctuidae. The Heart and Dart ( Agrotis exclamationis) is a Moth of the family Noctuidae. The Riband Wave (Idaea aversata is a Moth of the family Geometridae. The Setaceous Hebrew Character ( Xestia c-nigrum) is a Moth of the family Noctuidae. Coleophora is a very large genus of Moths of the family Coleophoridae with around 1000 described species coenosipennella (feeds exclusively on Stellaria spp), C. lineolea (recorded on S. graminea), C. lithargyrinella (recorded on S. holostea), C. solitariella (feeds exclusively on S. holostea) and C. striatipennella.
Uses
Some species, including Stellaria media, are used as leaf vegetables, often raw in salads. Leaf vegetables, also called potherbs, greens, or leafy greens, are plant leaves eaten as a Vegetable, sometimes accompanied Salad is a mixture of cold foods usually including vegetables and/or fruits often with a dressing occasionally nuts or Croutons, and sometimes with the addition of
Stellaria media is widespread in North America from the Brooks Range in Alaska to all points south within North America. The common chickweed ( Stellaria media) is a cool-season annual Plant native to Europe, which is often eaten by Chickens It is commonly also called The Brooks Range is a Mountain range that stretches from west to east across northern Alaska and into Canada 's Yukon Territory, a total distance There are several closely related plants referred to as chickweed, but which lack the culinary and medicinal properties of plants in the genus Stellaria. Plants in the genus Cerastium are very similar in appearance to Stellaria and are in the same family (Carophyllaceae). Stellaria media can be easily distinguished from all other members of this family by examining the stems. Stellaria has fine hairs on only one side of the stem in a single band. Other members of the family Carophyllaceae which resemble Stellaria have hairs uniformly covering the entire stem. This is a favored food of finches and many other seed-eating birds.
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References
Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West, Gregory L. Stellaria crassifolia is a plant of the Stellaria genus and found in Iceland. Stellaria is a Genus of about 90-120 species Flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, with a Cosmopolitan distribution Stellaria graminea, commonly known as grasslike starwort, or lesser stitchwort is a plant species of the genus Stellaria Stellaria holostea ( Addersmeat, or Greater Stitchwort) is an Ornamental plant native of Europe. Stellaria humifusa or Saltmarsh Starwort is known in Iceland as "Lágarfi" (ICE-ENG Low-weed and grows only in beach areas The common chickweed ( Stellaria media) is a cool-season annual Plant native to Europe, which is often eaten by Chickens It is commonly also called Stellaria pubera (star chickweed is a wildflower found in the eastern United States and the Great Smokey Mountains. Tilford, ISBN 0-87842-359-1
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