| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Stellaria humifusa Rottb. |
| Bibliography | Skr. Kiobenhavnske Selsk. Laerd. Elsk. 10: 447 (1770) |
| Native Range | Subarctic to Maine |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | stems glabrous, rooting, leaves oblong, acuminate, sessile, thickish, 3-4mm long, flowers few, shortly pedicellate, axillary and terminal, petals 4-5mm long |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Alsine humifusa (Rottb.) Britton Arenaria purshiana Ser. Arenaria thymifolia Pursh Stellaria crassifolia Cham. & Schltdl. Stellaria humifusa var. marginata (Cham. & Schltdl.) Regel Stellaria humifusa f. multiflora Polunin Stellaria humifusa f. parvifolia Hartz Stellaria humifusa var. suberecta B.Boivin Stellaria humifusa f. typica Hartz Stellaria marginata Cham. & Schltdl. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine) |