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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Stellaria obtusa
|accepted_authority=Engelmann
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Gaz.
|place=7: 5. 1882
|year=1882
}}
|common_names=Blunt-sepaled starwort;Rocky Mountain starwort
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Alsine obtusa
|authority=(Engelmann) Rose
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Alsine viridula
|authority=Piper
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Alsine washingtoniana
|authority=(B. L. Robinson) A. Heller
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Stellaria viridula
|authority=(Piper) St. John
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Stellaria washingtoniana
|authority=B. L. Robinson
}}
|hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae;Stellaria;Stellaria obtusa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Caryophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Stellaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Stellaria obtusa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 97, 98
|treatment_page=page 110
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, creeping, often matted but not forming cushions, rhizomatous. <b>Stems</b> prostrate, branched, 4-sided, 3–23 cm, internodes equaling or longer than leaves, glabrous, rarely pilose. <b>Leaves</b> sessile or short-petiolate; blade broadly ovate to elliptic, 0.2–1.2 cm × 0.9–7 mm, base round or cuneate, margins entire, apex acute, shiny, glabrous or ciliate near base. <b>Inflorescences</b> with flowers solitary, axillary; bracts absent. <b>Pedicels</b> spreading, 3–12 mm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b> 1.5–2 mm diam.; sepals 4–5, veins obscure, midrib sometimes apparent, ± ovate, 1.5–3.5 mm, margins narrow, scarious, apex ± obtuse, glabrous; petals absent; stamens 10 or fewer; styles 3(–4), curled, shorter than 0.5 mm. <b>Capsules</b> green to pale straw colored, translucent, globose to broadly ovoid, 2.3–3.5 mm, 1.9–2 times as long as sepals, apex obtuse, opening by 6 valves; carpophore absent. <b>Seeds</b> grayish black, broadly elliptic, 0.5–0.7 mm diam., finely reticulate. <b>2n</b> = 26, 52, ca. 65, ca. 78.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Moist areas in woods, shaded edges of creeks, talus slopes
|elevation=300-3400 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
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|references=
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name=Stellaria obtusa
|author=
|authority=Engelmann
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Alsine obtusa;Alsine viridula;Alsine washingtoniana;Stellaria viridula;Stellaria washingtoniana
|basionyms=
|family=Caryophyllaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Moist areas in woods, shaded edges of creeks, talus slopes
|elevation=300-3400 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Gaz.
|publication year=1882
|special status=
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|subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae
|genus=Stellaria
|species=Stellaria obtusa
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