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Stellaria crispa is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names curled starwort and crisp starwort. It is native to western North America from Alaska south to California and Wyoming, where it grows in moist, shady habitat such as deep forests and streambanks. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing a mat of prostrate or trailing stems up to about 40 centimeters long. It is lined with opposite pairs of pointed oval leaves each 1 to 2 centimeters long. Single flowers occur in the leaf axils, each borne on a short pedicel. The flower has five pointed green sepals each a few millimeters long. Some flowers have one or more petals, but most lack these.

Plant type

Perennial herb

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Color

Green

Plant communities

Lodgepole Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Red Fir Forest, Redwood Forest, Wetland-Riparian

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 13 likely

Confirmed Likely

Agrochola pulchella

Venerable Dart

Agrotis venerabilis

Citrus Cutworm

Egira curialis

Dingy Cutworm

Feltia jaculifera