Scientific Name: Stellaria pungens

Common Name: prickly starwort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Caryophyllaceae

Form Description: A perennial herb, the stems much-branched, short or ascending against shrubs or rocks.

Flowers: Flowers solitary in upper axils on pedicels longer than the leaves.

Fruit: Woody capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadDerwent ValleyDevonportDorsetGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayKentishLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
GrasslandHeath
Habitat Notes

Widespread and common.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Exposed, Moist, Rocky

Soil Tolerance

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

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Division

Seed Information