Common name: Lesser Stitchwort
Scientific name: Stellaria graminea 禾葉繁縷
Genus: Stellaria 繁縷屬
Family: Caryophyllaceae 石竹科, pink or carnation family
Origin: native
Date: 16th July
A prostrate to erect plant.
Stem is 4-angled, smooth and glabrous, leaves are linear-lanceolate and sessile. (vs stem is 4-angled, rough and hairy (at least at the upper part of the stem) in S. holostea 硬骨繁縷, 硬骨草繁縷, 大繁縷, greater stitchwort.)
flower bud
sepals 3-veined
sepals 3-veined
Flowers 5-12 mm diameter, petals as long as or longer than sepals, divided almost to base, 10 stamens. (vs petals notched to about halfway to base in S. holostea 硬骨繁縷, 硬骨草繁縷, 大繁縷, greater stitchwort.)