Stellaria graminea




Family Caryophyllaceae
Subfamily Alsinoideae
Tribe Alsineae
Scientific name Stellaria graminea L.
Synonyms Alsine graminea (L.) Britton; Stellaria graminea L. var. latifolia Petermann
Common name (Japanese common name) karafuto hoso-ba hakobe (カラフトホソバハコベ, 樺太細葉繁縷 [meaning: Sakhalin narrow leaved hakobe (meaning of hakobe is unknown)])
(English common name) common stitchwort, grassleaf starwort, grassleaf stitchwort, lesser stitchwort
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region)
(Other nations) [native] Russia, China, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Europe
Habitat Field, forest edge, roadside
Chromosomal number 2n=26, 39, 52
Description Plants 20-50cm tall. Leaves 1.5-4cm long, 1.5-4mm wide. Flowers white 5-12mm, flowering in June to August. Perennial plants.
Reference Stellaria graminea L.
Stellaria graminea Linnaeus
Stellaria graminea L. (Lesser Stitchwort)
Stellaria graminea L.
Plant potentiators (US Patent 6987130/2006)
Ketol fatty acid derivatives and plant growth regulators (US Patent 7348457/2008)
Plant extracts and dermatological uses thereof (US Patent 20070122492)
Plant extracts and compositions comprising extracellular protease inhibitors (WIPO Patent WO/2002/069992)
Plant extract having matrix metalloprotease inhibiting activity and dermatological uses thereof (WIPO Patent WO/2006/053415)
Note Naturalized plants (first collected in 1964)



June 2008
at roadside in Hokkaido
June 2008
at roadside in Hokkaido
June 2008
at roadside in Hokkaido



June 2008
at roadside in Hokkaido
June 2008
at roadside in Hokkaido
June 2008
at roadside in Hokkaido