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Stellaria pallida (Lesser Chickweed) |
Stellaria pallida (CARYOPHYLLACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Stellaria pallida(Dumort) Murbeck
Published in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 2: 49 (1863) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Caryophyllaceae
Juss. (The Pink or Carnation Family)
39 species from the Caryophyllaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Lesser Chickweed | Maltese name(s) : | Ħarira bajda | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common
Common Frequent Scarce Rare
Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Jan-Jun | Colour of Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Usually on sandy soils |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Stems up to 30 cm, very slender, with 1 line of hairs down each internode, rarely glabrous. Leaves ovate, subacute, glabrous, usually all petiolate. Inflorescence few- or many-flowered; pedicels short, filiform, patent or erect in fruit. Sepals usually less than 3 mm, often grey-tomentose; petals absent (or minute); stamens 1-3, very rarely 5. Seeds usually less than 0.8 mm, pale yellowish-brown, rarely dark brown, with rounded or conical tubercles. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=22 |
Distributional range: |
W., S. & C. Europe, extending to S. Sweden, Latvia and Ukraine |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, Austria and Liechtenstein, Belgium, the Balaeric Islands, Britain (excl. Northern Ireland and Channel islands), Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, Czeck Republic and Slovakia, Denmark, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Germany, Greece, Ireland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Hungary, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Poland, Romania, Russia and former USSR,B W K Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Sweden, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
Ab(A) AE(G) Ag Al Au(A) Be Bl(I M N) Br Bu Co Cr Ct Cy Da Eg Es Ga(F) Gr Hb(E) He Ho Hs(S) Hu IJ It La Li LS -Lu Ma Mk Po Rm Sa Si(M S) dSk Sl Sn Su Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K) [Ca(L) Ge] |
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