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Stellaria longifolia is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name longleaf starwort. It is native to much of the northern half of the Northern Hemisphere, occurring throughout northern Europe and North America. It grows in many types of moist habitat, including meadows, marshes, and roadsides. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb forming clumps with sprawling, branching stems which are mostly hairless except for tiny rough hairs along the edges of the squarish stem. The linear to lance-shaped leaves are up to 3. 5 centimeters long and are oppositely arranged in pairs. The inflorescence bears several flowers, each on a short pedicel. The flower has five pointed green sepals each a few millimeters long. There are five white petals, each so deeply lobed it appears to be two.
Perennial herb
2 ft Tall
Mounding
Moderate
Green, White
Spring
Prefers loamy or clay soils. Grows poorly in sandy soils.
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 5 likely
Elegant Sheepmoth
Hemileuca eglanterina
White-lined Sphinx
Hyles lineata
California Tiger Moth
Leptarctia californiae
Dainty Sulphur
Nathalis iole