Stellaria multiflora subsp. collaris C.H.Mill. & J.G.West APNI* Synonyms: Stellaria species 1 Flora of Victoria (H.S. McKee 11668) APNI*
Stellaria sp. D sensu Doust (1990) APNI*
Description: Annual herb with ascending stems, to 15 cm high, glabrous; leaves crowded in a basal tuft, sometimes with a few small upper leaves.
Leaves filiform, c. 30 mm long, c. 1 mm wide.
Dichasial cymes spreading; pedicels 1–3 mm long; bracts herbaceous. Sepals 3–4 mm long, very acute. Petals less than half as long as the sepals, deeply bifid. Stamens 3–5.
Capsule cylindrical to ± conical, 3–6 mm long, only slightly longer than calyx; seeds numerous.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Mainly on the northern slopes and plains. Also in Queensland, Victoria and South Australia. In understorey of open eucalypt forest and woodland.
NSW subdivisions: NWS, CWS, NWP, SWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. S.A.
Text by A Doust (1990); edited KL Wilson (Nov 2012)
Taxon concept: Flora NSW vol. 1 as sp. D (1990); CH Miller and JG West (2012)
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