''Stellaria corei'', with the common names of Tennessee chickweed, star chickweed, Tennessee starwort, and Tennessee stitchwort, is a species of flowering plant native to parts of Eastern USA.
Description
''Stellaria corei'' is similar to ''
Stellaria pubera
''Stellaria pubera'', commonly called the star chickweed, is a spring-flowering plant in the carnation family Caryophyllaceae, native to the eastern United States.
Habitat and range
''Stellaria pubera'' is widespread and common. Its natural hab ...
'', with which it can be confused.
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It is a spring flowering perennial growing from spreading ]rhizomes
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...
. The square stems are upright, branched, and range from 10-40 cm long. The Leaves near the base of the plant have stems but the leaves near the ends of the stems may be subsessile (lacking stems). The entire margined leaves are elliptic in shape, with broadly lanceolate to ovate ends, and 1-5 cm × 5-16 mm in size. The leaf bases are cuneate. The flowers are produced in 3 to 7 flowered Inflorescences that are terminal cymes. The white Flowers are 10-16 mm in diameter, with five narrowly triangular sepals. The ripe fruits are straw colored to pale brown capsules. The mature seeds are brown and around 2 mm in diameter. The diploid chromosome count is 60.
Habitat and range
''Stellaria corei'' grows in rocky woods, on bluffs, and in open woods.[
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References
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