Index / Search / Stellaria longifolia
§1 Plant
Stellaria longifolia Muhl. ex Willd.
vernacular longleaf starwort — species · Caryophyllaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Stellaria
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 688 counties across 38 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 90 min.
- Precipitation
- 14–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–6.5
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 1.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 1,300,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 688 counties across 38 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
California view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Archuleta 08007
- Boulder 08013
- Clear Creek 08019
- Custer 08027
- Douglas 08035
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Gilpin 08047
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Park 08093
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Summit 08117
- Teller 08119
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Boone 17007
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Hancock 17067
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Richland 17159
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Wabash 17185
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Blackford 18009
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Dubois 18037
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Fulton 18049
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Marshall 18099
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iosco 26069
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Osceola 26133
- Roscommon 26143
- Saginaw 26145
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kanabec 27065
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Nicollet 27103
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Rice 27131
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Swift 27151
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Wadena 27159
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Wright 27171
Missouri view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Dakota view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Hancock 39063
- Hardin 39065
- Harrison 39067
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Mahoning 39099
- Medina 39103
- Mercer 39107
- Morgan 39115
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Portage 39133
- Sandusky 39143
- Shelby 39149
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Van Wert 39161
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oregon view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Arlington 51013
- Bland 51021
- Charlotte 51037
- Culpeper 51047
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Giles 51071
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Halifax 51083
- Highland 51091
- Loudoun 51107
- Montgomery 51121
- Orange 51137
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Russell 51167
- Smyth 51173
- Tazewell 51185
- Washington 51191
Washington view state ↗ 10 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Polk 55095
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/STLO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5384658 ↗Record version
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