Goldie's Starwort, Longstalk Starwort, Long-stalked Starwort
Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes
Synonyms: Stellaria longipes var. altocaulis, Stellaria longipes var. longipes
The photo above shows a close-up view of the
flower of long-stalked starwort as seen along the Yakima-Klickitat County line
at the southeastern edge of Mt. Adams..........May 29, 2006.
Note the deeply cleft petals which are longer than the sepals.
The photo above shows the greenish sepals with
thin white margins of what appears to be long-stalked starwort as seen in moist
meadows at about 4300' atop the ridge dividing the Cougar and Dairy Creek drainages
at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.........July 10, 2005.
The photo above shows the long, spindly form
of long-stalked starwort as seen along the Yakima-Klickitat County line at the
southeastern edge of Mt. Adams..........May 29, 2006. Note the opposite
stem leaves.
The photo above shows linear to narrowly lanceolate
leaf of what appears to be long-stalked starwort as seen in moist meadows at
about 4300' atop the ridge dividing the Cougar and Dairy Creek drainages at
the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.........July 10, 2005.
The photo above shows one of the pairs of
stem leaves of what appears to be long-stalked starwort as seen in moist meadows
at about 4300' atop the ridge dividing the Cougar and Dairy Creek drainages
at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.........July 10, 2005.
The photo above shows a close-up view of the underside of the
flower of long-stalked starwort as seen along the Yakima-Klickitat County line
at the southeastern edge of Mt. Adams.........May 29, 2006.
Note the translucent, whitish margins to the sepals and the deeply cleft petals
which are longer than the sepals.
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The two photos above show views of the flower and upper stem of long-stalked starwort as seen in the riparian area next to the Willard Springs Trail in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge..........May 19, 2007.
Paul Slichter