Stellaria holostea L.

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inCaryophyllaceae

Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Stellaria// Species: Stellaria holostea L.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Chater and Heywood in Tutin et al. (1964) and Micevski (1993).

Distribution: Native from Europe to West Siberia and Afghanistan, Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accepted as Rabelera holostea (L.) M.T.Sharples & E.A.Tripp).

Habitat: Moist and shaded places- edges of forests, near rivers.

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Spring: APR, MAY.

Locality: Mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River.

Stellaria holostea – habit. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – habit. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – habit. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – habit. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – habit. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – habit. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – inflorescence. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – inflorescence. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – inflorescence. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – flower. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – flower. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – flower. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – flower. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – capsule. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – capsule. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – capsule. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – capsule with seeds. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – stem with leaves. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – stem with leaves. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – sterile stems. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – sterile stems. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: “Shtalkovichka” River.

0Stellaria holostea – habit. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – habit. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – habit. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – stem with flowers. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – flowers. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – flower. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – flower. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – flower. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – side view of flower and calyx. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – stem with leaves. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stellaria holostea – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Rabelera holostea (L.) M.T.Sharples & E.A.Tripp. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77205026-1 [Accessed 19.04.2022].

Stellaria L. Chater, A.O. and Heywood, V.H. Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1964). Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 133 – 136.

Stellaria L. Micevski, K. (1993). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 246 – 249.

Last update: 18.12.2025.