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'''''Stellaria holostea''''' ('''Addersmeat''', or '''Greater Stitchwort''') is an [[ornamental plant]] native of [[Europe]].
It can grow up to 50cm in height, with leaves that are long, narrow and fresh green.<ref name="complete">Complete British Wildlife, ISBN 9780583336383</ref> The flowers are white, 20-30mm across and have five distinctive petals split to about half way down.<ref name="complete"/><ref>Nature Guide to the Lake District, ISBN 0860204030</ref>
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Stellaria holostea, Linn. Easter Bell. A hardy perennial, erect, 6-18 in. high, simple or somewhat branched, from a creeping rootstock: lvs. sessile, lanceolate, 1-3 in. long: fls. white, abundant, in a terminal leafy panicle; sepals one-half or two-thirds as long as the petals. May, June. Eu., Asia.—This and the next are desirable for dry banks where grass will not grow well and for other carpeting purposes.
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==Cultivation==
===Propagation===


'''''Stellaria holostea''''' ('''Addersmeat''', or '''Greater Stitchwort''') is an [[ornamental plant]] native of [[Europe]].
 
===Pests and diseases===
 
 
==Varieties==
 
 
==Gallery==
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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->


==External links==
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*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=STHO2 ''Stellaria holostea'']
*[http://www.english-country-garden.com/flowers/greater-stitchwort.htm ''Stellaria holostea'']
 
[[Category:Caryophyllaceae]]


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Latest revision as of 16:35, 17 June 2010

 Stellaria holostea subsp. var.  Addersmeat, Greater Stitchwort, Easter Bell
Stellaria holostea
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Stellaria holostea (Addersmeat, or Greater Stitchwort) is an ornamental plant native of Europe.

It can grow up to 50cm in height, with leaves that are long, narrow and fresh green.[1] The flowers are white, 20-30mm across and have five distinctive petals split to about half way down.[1][2]


Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Stellaria holostea, Linn. Easter Bell. A hardy perennial, erect, 6-18 in. high, simple or somewhat branched, from a creeping rootstock: lvs. sessile, lanceolate, 1-3 in. long: fls. white, abundant, in a terminal leafy panicle; sepals one-half or two-thirds as long as the petals. May, June. Eu., Asia.—This and the next are desirable for dry banks where grass will not grow well and for other carpeting purposes. CH


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

  • photo 1
    photo 1
  • photo 2
    photo 2
  • photo 3
    photo 3

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Complete British Wildlife, ISBN 9780583336383
  2. ↑ Nature Guide to the Lake District, ISBN 0860204030

External links


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