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

Low Chickweed, Saltmarsh Starwort, Salt-marsh Starwort, Spreading Starwort

Stellaria humifusa

Synonyms: Alsine humifusa, Stellaria humifusa var. marginata, Stellaria humifusa var. oblongifolia, Stellaria humifusa var. suberecta

Low Chickweed, Saltmarsh Starwort, Salt-marsh Starwort, Spreading Starwort: Stellaria humifusa (Synonyms: Alsine humifusa, Stellaria humifusa var. marginata, Stellaria humifusa var. oblongifolia, Stellaria humifusa var. suberecta)

Spreading starwort as seen on the beach at the high tide line near Oceanside, Oregon...........August 25, 2012.

Close-up of a flower of Low Chickweed, Saltmarsh Starwort, Salt-marsh Starwort, Spreading Starwort: Stellaria humifusa (Synonyms: Alsine humifusa, Stellaria humifusa var. marginata, Stellaria humifusa var. oblongifolia, Stellaria humifusa var. suberecta) - close-up of the sepals of Low Chickweed, Saltmarsh Starwort, Salt-marsh Starwort, Spreading Starwort: Stellaria humifusa (Synonyms: Alsine humifusa, Stellaria humifusa var. marginata, Stellaria humifusa var. oblongifolia, Stellaria humifusa var. suberecta) - Close-up of the flower of Low Chickweed, Saltmarsh Starwort, Salt-marsh Starwort, Spreading Starwort: Stellaria humifusa (Synonyms: Alsine humifusa, Stellaria humifusa var. marginata, Stellaria humifusa var. oblongifolia, Stellaria humifusa var. suberecta)

Low Chickweed, Saltmarsh Starwort, Salt-marsh Starwort, Spreading Starwort: Stellaria humifusa (Synonyms: Alsine humifusa, Stellaria humifusa var. marginata, Stellaria humifusa var. oblongifolia, Stellaria humifusa var. suberecta) - Low Chickweed, Saltmarsh Starwort, Salt-marsh Starwort, Spreading Starwort: Stellaria humifusa (Synonyms: Alsine humifusa, Stellaria humifusa var. marginata, Stellaria humifusa var. oblongifolia, Stellaria humifusa var. suberecta)

Spreading starwort as seen on the beach at the high tide line near Oceanside, Oregon...........August 25, 2012.
Paul Slichter