Index / Search / Stellaria graminea
§1 Plant
Stellaria graminea L.
vernacular grass-like starwort — species · Caryophyllaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Stellaria
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 469 counties across 26 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 469 counties across 26 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 27 I ▾
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Richland 17159
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Baraga 26013
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Iron 26071
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Marquette 26103
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 43 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Fulton 36035
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 34 I ▾
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Caswell 37033
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Columbus 37047
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Granville 37077
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Jackson 37099
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Northampton 37131
- Perquimans 37143
- Polk 37149
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Watauga 37189
- Yancey 37199
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 42 I ▾
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lorain 39093
- Mahoning 39099
- Medina 39103
- Morrow 39117
- Muskingum 39119
- Ottawa 39123
- Portage 39133
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Van Wert 39161
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 54 I ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 58 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Bland 51021
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Culpeper 51047
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- King and Queen 51097
- Lee 51105
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Braxton 54007
- Fayette 54019
- Greenbrier 54025
- Harrison 54033
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Lewis 54041
- Marshall 54051
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Nicholas 54067
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
- Wyoming 54109
Wisconsin view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Clark 55019
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Monroe 55081
- Oneida 55085
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/STGR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5384616 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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