Scientific Name: Stellaria flaccida

Common Name: forest starwort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Caryophyllaceae

Form Description: A perennial herb, the stems much-branched, procumbent or ascending.

Flowers: Flowers solitary, axillary.

Fruit: Woody capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadClarenceDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyKentishKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern Midlands
Plant Communities
Sedgeland and WetlandWet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Common in damp shaded places.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Shady, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Sandy

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Division

Seed Information