Stellaria longipes Goldie
long-stalked starwort (longstalk starwort)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
long-stalked starwort (longstalk starwort)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
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SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a slender rhizome; stems decumbent to more usually erect, several, branched, matted, 4-angled, glabrous to slightly hairy near the base, 3-30 cm tall/long.
Leaves:
Basal leaves few, reduced, soon deciduous; stem leaves opposite, unstalked, egg-shaped or linear to linear-lanceolate, 5-30 mm long, 1-4 mm wide, abruptly sharp-pointed, rigid and stiff, often glaucous; stipules lacking.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of solitary, or few to several flowers in an open cluster; petals 5, white, 2-cleft, 3-8 mm long; sepals 5, lanceolate, 3-5 mm long, usually glabrous, strongly 3-nerved.
Fruits:
Capsules usually purplish, 4-6 mm long, 6-valved; seeds 0.6-0.9 mm long, reddish-brown, lightly roughened.
Notes:
In an earlier treatment (Douglas et al. 1989) Stellaria longipes was treated as a single, highly variable taxon based on the research of Chinnappa and Morton (1976, 1984). Recently, Emery and Chinnappa (1994) have shown that it now best to recognize three varieties within the S. longipes complex. Two of these occur in BC.
1. Flowers solitary; leaves egg-shaped; plants mostly of the alpine zone...................... var. monantha (Hult.) Emery & Chinnappa
1. Flowers on most plants more than 1; leaves linear to linear-lanceolate; plants occurring in all vegetation zones....................... var. longipes
USDA Species Characteristics
Flower Colour:
White
Blooming Period:
Mid Spring
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present from Spring to Summer
Source: The USDA
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Stellaria longipes
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 |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1515 | 7 | 2565 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
12 | 0 | 85 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
228 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 0 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
312 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(12), BAFA(55), BG(1), BWBS(7), CWH(3), ESSF(80), ICH(7), IDF(21), IMA(10), MS(25), PP(1), SBPS(44), SBS(22), SWB(8) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Mesic to dry rocky slopes, lakeshores, meadows, scree slopes, fellfields and open forests in all vegetation zones; common throughout BC; circumpolar, N to AK, YT and NT, E to NF and S to SD, NM, AZ and CA; Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Alsine longipes (Goldie) Coville
Alsine palmeri Rydb.
Alsine stricta (Richards.) Rydb.
Alsine validus Goodding
Stellaria dulcis Gervais
Stellaria edwardsii var. arctica (Schischkin) HultTn
Stellaria hultenii Boivin
Stellaria laeta var. altocaulis (HultTn) Boivin
Stellaria laxmannii Fisch.
Stellaria longifolia var. laeta (Richards.) S. Wats.
Stellaria longipes subsp. monantha (HultTn) W.A. Weber
Stellaria longipes subsp. stricta (Richards.) W.A. Weber
Stellaria longipes var. longipes Goldie [superfluous autonym]
Stellaria longipes var. monantha (HultTn) Welsh
Stellaria monantha subsp. atlantica HultTn
Stellaria monantha var. atlantica (HultTn) Boivin
Stellaria palmeri (Rydb.) Tidestrom
Stellaria valida (Goodding) Coult. & A. Nels.