Scientific name: Stellaria holostea L.
Common name: Greater Stichwort
Description
Habit: A nearly hairless perennial, to 60 cm high.
Stems: More or less erect, but weak stems; hairless, with rough angles.
Leaves: Opposite, stalkless, simple, linear-lanceolate, 2-5 cm long.
Flowers: White, actinomorphic, 17-20 mm across, in cymes of 7-11, with bracts like leaves but much smaller; sepals 5; petals 5, much longer than sepals, divided halfway to the base into two narrow lobes; stamens 10; styles 3, ovary superior.
Fruits: A capsule.
Habitat: Hedges, roadsides, meadows, rough grazing and ditches.
Distribution: Common in the southern Burren, occasional elsewhere.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No