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 |