Stellaria pallida

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Family:	CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Species:	Stellaria pallida (Dumortier) Crépin
Common Name:	Lesser Chickweed
Habitat:	**
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	**
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	STPA13
Plant Notes:	**
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Not Native
References:	**

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Classification

Family	CARYOPHYLLACEAE - Pink family
Genus	Stellaria
Species	Stellaria pallida (Dumortier) Crépin - Lesser Chickweed

Citation	STELLARIA PALLIDA (Dumortier) Piré, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, 2: 43, 49. 1863.
Basionym:	Alsine pallida Dumortier 1827.
Type:	BELGIUM

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Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Alsine pallida	Alsine pallida Dumortier, Fl. Belg. 109. 1827.		BELGIUM
Stellaria abortiva	Stellaria abortiva Naudin, in Gay, Fl. Chil. 1: 265. 1846.		CHILE: Without data, Gay s.n. (holotype: P).
Stellaria boraeana	Stellaria boraeana Jordan, Mém. Acad. Natl. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Lett. 1: 245. 1851.		FRANCE
Stellaria media ssp. pallida	Stellaria media (Linnaeus) Villars, subsp. pallida (Dumortier) Ascherson & Graebner, Fl. Nordostdeut. Flachl. 310. 1898.	Alsine pallida Dumortier 1827.

No specimens exist for this species.

For more information, contact: Brian R. Keener, Ph.D.

Data last modified: 3/20/2023

Citation Information:

Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2023. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.