Northern Starwort, Northern Bog Starwort, Northern Chickweed
Stellaria calycantha
Synonyms: Stellaria calycantha var. calycantha, Stellaria calycantha var. simcoei, Stellaria simcoei
![Northern Starwort, Northern Bog Starwort, Northern Chickweed: Stellaria calycantha (Synonyms: Stellaria calycantha var. calycantha, Stellaria calycantha var. simcoei, Stellaria simcoei)](calycantha/calycantha1a.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up view of the
flower of northern sandwort as seen along the Shorthorn Trail #16 at Shorthorn Creek in the Mt. Adams Wilderness..........August 24, 2008. Note
the deeply cleft petals which are much shorter than the sepals.
- ![Northern Starwort, Northern Bog Starwort, Northern Chickweed: Stellaria calycantha (Synonyms: Stellaria calycantha var. calycantha, Stellaria calycantha var. simcoei, Stellaria simcoei)](calycantha/calycantha00-02-2017b.jpg)
- ![Northern Starwort, Northern Bog Starwort, Northern Chickweed: Stellaria calycantha (Synonyms: Stellaria calycantha var. calycantha, Stellaria calycantha var. simcoei, Stellaria simcoei)](calycantha/calycantha00-02-2017d.jpg)
Northern sandwort as seen on moist, open slopes high above upper Crooked Creek but below the terminal moraine for the Gotchen Glacier, Mt. Adams, Yakama Nation lands.........September 2, 2017.
- ![Paired stem leaves of Northern Starwort, Northern Bog Starwort, Northern Chickweed: Stellaria calycantha (Synonyms: Stellaria calycantha var. calycantha, Stellaria calycantha var. simcoei, Stellaria simcoei)](calycantha/calycantha1c.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up view of the
paired, opposite leaves of northern sandwort as seen along the Shorthorn Trail #16 at Shorthorn Creek in the Mt. Adams Wilderness..........August 24, 2008. The leaves of this species are elliptical to ovate.
![Northern Starwort, Northern Bog Starwort, Northern Chickweed: Stellaria calycantha (Synonyms: Stellaria calycantha var. calycantha, Stellaria calycantha var. simcoei, Stellaria simcoei)](unidstellaria1b.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up view of the
upper pair of leaves and flower of this unidentified starwort as seen at Bench Lake
on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams...........July 17, 2006. Note
the deeply cleft petals which are much shorter than the sepals.
![Northern Starwort, Northern Bog Starwort, Northern Chickweed: Stellaria calycantha (Synonyms: Stellaria calycantha var. calycantha, Stellaria calycantha var. simcoei, Stellaria simcoei)](unidstellaria1a.jpg)
Paul Slichter