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	Stellaria holostea  L.

Fam.: Caryophyllaceae / Campion Fam.

Synon.:  Rabelera holostea  (L.) M.T.SHARPLES & E.A.TRIPP

Genus:  Stellaria  L.,  Rabelera  M.T.SHARPLES & E.A.TRIPP

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	M.T.SHARPLES:		Mathew T. Sharples (fl. 2019), botanist in the USA
	E.A.TRIPP:		Erin Anne Tripp (1979 - ), botanist in the USA

Etymology:
	Stellaria:		stella = star
	holostea:		hard as a bone
	Rabelera:		Richard Kevin Rabeler (1953 - ), botanist in the USA with main focus on Caryophyllaceae

Fig. 1:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D Bürstadt 29.4.2006

Fig. 2:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D Bürstadt 29.4.2006

Fig. 3:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D Bürstadt 29.4.2006

Fig. 4:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D Bürstadt 29.4.2006

Fig. 5:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D St. Leon - Rot 17.5.2019

Fig. 6:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D St. Leon - Rot 17.5.2019

Fig. 7:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D St. Leon - Rot 17.5.2019

Fig. 8:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D St. Leon - Rot 17.5.2019

Fig. 9:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D Reichshof-Schneppenhurth 5.9.2021

Fig. 10:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D Reichshof-Schneppenhurth 5.9.2021

Fig. 11:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D Reichshof-Schneppenhurth 5.9.2021

Fig. 12:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D Reichshof-Schneppenhurth 5.9.2021

Fig. 13:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D Waghäusel-Wiesental 15.4.2020

Fig. 14:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D Waghäusel-Wiesental 15.4.2020

Fig. 15:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D Waghäusel-Wiesental 15.4.2020

Fig. 16:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D Waghäusel-Wiesental 15.4.2020

Fig. 17:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D Schriesheim-Altenbach 8.6.2023

Fig. 18:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D Schriesheim-Altenbach 8.6.2023

Fig. 19:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort D Schriesheim-Altenbach 8.6.2023

Fig. 20:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort (young plant) D Odenwald, Unterabtsteinach 18.11.2020

Fig. 21:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort F Schweighouse-sur-Moder 18.4.2015

Fig. 22:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort F Mont Aigoual 29.5.2009

Fig. 23:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort F Mont Aigoual 29.5.2009

Fig. 24:  Stellaria holostea / Greater Stitchwort F Mont Aigoual 29.5.2009

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