Stellaria crispa Cham. & Schltdl.
crisp starwort (crisp sandwort; curled starwort)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
crisp starwort (crisp sandwort; curled starwort)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a slender rhizome; stems prostrate to ascending, several, simple, matted, glabrous, 5-60 cm tall/long.
Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves opposite, lanceolate to egg-shaped, unstalked or nearly so, 5-20 mm long, 2-15 mm wide, the margins curly; stipules lacking.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of solitary flowers in the leaf axils; petals usually lacking; sepals usually 5, lanceolate, abruptly sharp-pointed, rarely obtuse, 3-4 mm long, prominently 3-nerved.
Fruits:
Capsules straw-coloured or brownish, egg-shaped, 3.5-6 mm long, 6-valved; seeds brown, 0.7-1.1 mm long, minutely wrinkled-warty.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Stellaria crispa
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
613 | 0 | 1990 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
13 | 0 | 120 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
350 | 1 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
5 | 1 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
337 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CWH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(1), CDF(21), CWH(159), ESSF(37), ICH(37), IDF(5), MH(7), MS(8), SBPS(2), SBS(26) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Moist seepage sites, meadows, streambanks, fields and forests in the lowland and montane zones; common in S and coastal BC, infrequent northward; circumpolar, N to AK and YT, E to SW AB and S to WY and CA; Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Alsine crispa (Cham. & Schltdl.) Holz.
Stellaria borealis var. crispa (Cham. & Schltdl.) Fenzl ex Torr. & A. Gray