[Starworts and Chickweeds: The Genus Stellaria East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Umbellate chickweed as seen in moist meadows along the North Loop Road about one and one-half miles below the Kiger Gorge Overlook, Steens Mountain.........September 2, 2011.

Close-ups of the flowers, inflorescence and stem leaves of umbellate chickweed as seen in moist meadows along the North Loop Road about one and one-half miles below the Kiger Gorge Overlook, Steens Mountain........September 2, 2011.

Umbellate starwort as seen in moist meadows along the North Loop Road, Steens Mountain, Harney County, Oregon........August 31, 2011. The large leaves in the middle of the clump of umbellate starwort is probably from leafy aster (Aster foliaceus var. parryi). The photo at right shows umbellate starwort as seen in moist meadows along a small stream next to the South Loop Road about one mile west of the East Rim Viewpoint, Steens Mountain...........September 20, 2015.