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    Stellaria aquatica  (L.) SCOP.    
 

Fam.: Caryophyllaceae / Campion Fam.  

Synon.:  Myosoton aquaticum  (L.) MOENCH

Genus:  Stellaria  L.,  Myosoton  MOENCH
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   SCOP.:  Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723 - 1788), Tyrolian physician and naturalist
   MOENCH:  Conrad Moench (1744 - 1805), chemist and botanist from Marburg (Germany)
 

Etymology:
   Stellaria:   stella = star
   aquatica:   growing in or at water
   Myosoton:   myos = mouse, otis = ear
 

The Water Checkweed  Stellaria aquatica (formerly Myosoton aquaticum) and the very similar looking Wood Stitchwort Stellaria nemorum can be distinguished by the number of styles in the flower: Stellaria aquatica has five, Stellaria nemorum only three styles.

 

Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Friedberg 26.8.2006
Fig. 1:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
D Friedberg 26.8.2006
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Friedberg 26.8.2006
Fig. 2:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
D Friedberg 26.8.2006
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Friedberg 26.8.2006
Fig. 3:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
D Friedberg 26.8.2006
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Friedberg 26.8.2006
Fig. 4:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
D Friedberg 26.8.2006
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Friedberg 26.8.2006
Fig. 5:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
D Friedberg 26.8.2006
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Bad Nauheim 19.9.2012
Fig. 6:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
D Bad Nauheim 19.9.2012
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Bad Nauheim 19.9.2012
Fig. 7:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
D Bad Nauheim 19.9.2012
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Dinkelsbühl 9.10.2009
Fig. 8:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
D Dinkelsbühl 9.10.2009
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Laudenbach am Main 17.9.2016
Fig. 9:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
D Laudenbach am Main 17.9.2016
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Laudenbach am Main 17.9.2016
Fig. 10:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
D Laudenbach am Main 17.9.2016
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Laudenbach am Main 17.9.2016
Fig. 11:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
D Laudenbach am Main 17.9.2016
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Ludwigshafen 1.9.2022
Fig. 12:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
D Ludwigshafen 1.9.2022
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Pfalz, Speyer 19.10.2018
Fig. 13:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
D Pfalz, Speyer 19.10.2018
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Pfalz, Speyer 19.10.2018
Fig. 14:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
D Pfalz, Speyer 19.10.2018
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Pfalz, Speyer 19.10.2018
Fig. 15:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
D Pfalz, Speyer 19.10.2018
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Bahlingen am Kaiserstuhl 24.9.2021
Fig. 16:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed (on river shore)
D Bahlingen am Kaiserstuhl 24.9.2021
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Bahlingen am Kaiserstuhl 24.9.2021
Fig. 17:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed (on river shore)
D Bahlingen am Kaiserstuhl 24.9.2021
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Bahlingen am Kaiserstuhl 24.9.2021
Fig. 18:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed (on river shore)
D Bahlingen am Kaiserstuhl 24.9.2021
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, D Bahlingen am Kaiserstuhl 24.9.2021
Fig. 19:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed (on river shore)
D Bahlingen am Kaiserstuhl 24.9.2021
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, F Sundgau 6.10.2009
Fig. 20:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
F Sundgau 6.10.2009
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, F Montsegur 15.8.2006
Fig. 21:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
F Montsegur 15.8.2006
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, F Montsegur 15.8.2006
Fig. 22:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
F Montsegur 15.8.2006
Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed, GR Zagoria, Vikos - Gorge 15.5.2008
Fig. 23:  Stellaria aquatica / Water Checkweed
GR Zagoria, Vikos - Gorge 15.5.2008

 


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