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Stellaria umbellata is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names umbrella starwort and umbellate starwort. It is native to western North America from Alaska and northwestern Canada to the southwestern United States, as well as parts of Asia, including Siberia. It grows in subalpine and alpine climates in mountain forests and riverbanks. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing a slender prostrate stem up to about 20 centimeters long, sometimes forming clumps or mats. The stem is lined with pairs of oval leaves each up to about 2 centimeters long. The inflorescence is an umbel-shaped array of several flowers each on an arching or erect pedicels. The flower has five pointed green sepals each no more than 3 millimeters long. There are occasionally tiny white petals within the calyx of sepals, but these are generally absent.
Perennial herb
1 ft Tall
Upright
Moderate
White, Green
Summer
Prefers loamy or clay soils. Grows poorly in sandy soils.
Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 10 likely
Citrus Cutworm
Egira curialis
Elegant Sheepmoth
Hemileuca eglanterina
White-lined Sphinx
Hyles lineata
Many-spotted Tiger Moth
Hypercompe permaculata