Stellaria media
A species in the Caryophyllaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Stellaria
- Species
- Stellaria media
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1789
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Stellaria media. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
27 synonyms in this snapshot
- Alsine apetalaName author: Kit. ex Nyman
- Alsine avicularumName author: Lam.
- Alsine barbataName author: Stokes
- Alsine bipartitaName author: Gilib.
- Alsine brachypetalaName author: Opiz
- Alsine elongataName author: Jord. & Fourr.
- Alsine glabellaName author: Jord. & Fourr.
- Alsine gussoniiName author: Jord. & Fourr.
- Alsine mediaName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Alsine mediaName author: Druce
- Alsine media var. transiensName author: (Bég.) Tzvelev
- Alsine pallidaName author: Dumort.
- Alsine repensName author: Vell.
- Alsine vulgarisName author: Moench
- Alsinella wallichianaName author: Benth.
- Arenaria vulgarisName author: Bernh.
- Stellaria abortivaName author: Gay
- Stellaria boraeanaName author: Jord.
- Stellaria glabraName author: Raunk.
- Stellaria hiemalisName author: (Bég.) Raunk.
- Stellaria media f. apetalaName author: Rouy & Foucaud
- Stellaria media f. malachioidesName author: Macloskie
- Stellaria media var. apetalaName author: Speg.
- Stellaria media var. mediaName author: Not supplied
- Stellaria media var. normalisName author: Speg.
- Stellaria monogynaName author: D.Don
- Stellularia mediaName author: (L.) Kuntze
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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