Stellaria aquatica
(L.) Scop. · speciesAt a glance
Occurrence records79 022
Data sources8
Biological traits49
DNA specimens36
eDNA detections45
Sources8 archives
Databases and archives Stellaria aquatica's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility79 022 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI45 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics36 specimens↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗On this page6 sections
Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements4 literature sources49 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF79 022 records
Environmental DNA2 datasets · 8 countries45 detections
DNA & barcodingBOLD36 specimens
Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 28
01Narrative
Le Céraiste aquatique ou la Stellaire aquatique est une plante vivace herbacée du genre Myosoton et de la famille des Caryophyllaceae.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
02Traits & measurements
SourcesGIFTLEDATRYWCVP
Size & morphology16
Leaf length40 mm
Leaf length max55 mm
Leaf length min25 mm
Leaf mass18.44 mg
Leaf size32 mm²
⚠ sources differ — TRY: 32 mm² · LEDA: 1 048 mm² · GIFT: 1 048 mm²
Leaf width20 mm
Leaf width max30 mm
Leaf width min10 mm
Plant height0.4 m
⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 0.4 m · LEDA: 0.2 m · TRY: 0.646 m
Plant height generative0.675 m
Plant height max1.2 m
Plant height min0.2 m
Seed length0.86 mm
Seed mass0.187 mg
⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.187 mg · LEDA: 0.201 mg · GIFT: 0.185 mg
Seed mass max0.2 mg
Seed mass min0.15 mg
Life cycle & reproduction13
Deciduousnessevergreen
Dehiscencedehiscent
Dispersal typewater
⚠ sources differ — LEDA: nautochor · GIFT: anemochorous
Flowering endAug
Flowering startJun
Life formperennial
Life spanperennial
Pollination modebiotic
Pollination syndromeinsect
Raunkiær life formhemicryptophyte
Reproduction asexualabsent
Seed number692 357
Self fertilizationabsent
Diet & foraging2
Carnivorynon-carnivorous
Parasiteindependent
Habitat & environment12
Aquaticterrestrial
Climatetemperate
Climberself-supporting
Elevation max2 800 m
Elevation mean1 525 m
Elevation min350 m
Epiphyteterrestrial
Fruit typecapsule
Growth formherb
Habitat GIFTcanals, meadows
Mycorrhiza typenon-mycorrhizal
Woodinessnon-woody
Physiology & chemistry5
Leaf dry-matter content (LDMC)117 mg/g
⚠ sources differ — TRY: 117 mg/g · LEDA: 106 mg/g
Photosynthetic pathwayC3
Seed longevity index0
Specific leaf area (SLA)42.09 mm²/mg
⚠ sources differ — TRY: 42.09 mm²/mg · LEDA: 49.5 mm²/mg · GIFT: 60.57 mm²/mg
Wood density151 mg/cm³
Other traits1
Diaspore typegenerative dispersule
05DNA & barcoding36 specimens
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Stellaria aquatica has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens36
Marker genes6
eDNA detections45
Countries8
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK★rbcL★rbcLa★ITS★ITS1★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manual Stellaria aquatica carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosomes2n = 28 n = 14
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome records20–282n range28median28mode29records
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 2827×CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · brit-fl +11
CCDB · ita-fl — KIEFT B., LOON J.C. - 1978. IOPB chromosome number reports LXII.. Taxon , 27(5/6): 524-525.
CCDB · slov-fl — Májovský J. et al., 1970b: Index of chromosome numbers of Slovakian flora Part 2. - Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comen., Bot. 18: 45-60.
CCDB · brit-fl — Blackburn, K.B., Morton, J.K. New Phytol. 56: 344-351 (1957)
CCDB · iber-fl — The incidence of polyploidy in the Caryophyllaceae of Britain and of Portugal. Blackburn, K. B. & J. K. Morton.New Phytol.56: 344-351(1957).
CCDB · iber-fl — Contribution la connaissance cytotaxinomique des spermatophyta du Portugal. III. Caryophyllaceae Fernandes, A. & M. T. Leitao.Bol. Soc. Brot. ser. 245: 143-176(1971).
CCDB · nw-europe-fl — http://wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=1924
CCDB · fl-europaea — Blackburn &
CCDB · poland — Skali?ska M., Pogan E., Czapik R. et al. 1978. Further studies in chromosome numbers of Polish Angiosperms. Twelfth contribution. Acta Biol. Cracov. Ser. Bot. 21, 31-63.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Nishikawa, T. 1981. Chromosome counts of flowering plants of Hokkaido (5). Rep. Taisetsuzan Inst. Sci. 16: 45–53.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Zhang, Y. h. & J. f. Qiu. 1995. Chromosome numbers of seven wild economic plants from China. J. Wuhan Bot. Res. 13(2): 183–184.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Skalinska, M. 1978. Further studies in chromosome numbers of Polish angiosperms. Twelfth contribution. Acta Biol. Cracov., Ser. Bot. 21: 31–63.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Skalinska, M., E. Pogan, R. CZAPIK & e. al. 1978. Further studies in chromosome numbers of Polish angiosperms. XII. Acta Biol. Cracov., Ser. Bot. 21: 31–63.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Van Loon, J. C. & A. K. V. Setten. 1982. IN: IOPB Plant chromosome number reports. Taxon 31: 589–592.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Lövkvist, B. & U. M. Hultgård. 1999. Chromosome numbers in south Swedish vascular plants. Opera Bot. 137: 1–42.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — KIEFT, B. & J. C. V. LOON. 1978. In IOPB chromosome number reports LXII. Taxon 27: 519–535.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Tani, K. 1981. Chromosomes of some species in Caryophyllaceae. Tokushima-ken Koto-gakko Rikagakkaishi. 22: 20–27.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — GADELLA, Th. W.J . & E. KLIPHUIS. 1968. In IOPB chromosome number reports XVI. Taxon 17: 199-204.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — MAJOVSKY, J., ET. AL. 1970. Index of chromosome numbers of Slovakian flora. (Part 2). Acta Fae. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comenianae Bot. 18: 45-60.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — FERNANDES, A., & M.T. LEITAO. 1971. Contribution a la connaissance cytotaxinomique des Spermatophyta du Portugal III. Cariophyllaceae. Bol. soc. Brot. 45 (ser. 2): 143-176.
CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Skalinska et al. 1978
CCDB · book-northern-plants — Peterson 1936.
CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — FINDLAY, J.N., & J. MCNEILL. 1973. In IOPB chromosome number reports XL. Taxon 22: 285-291.
CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — GADELLA, T.W.J., & E. KLIPHUIS. 1973. Chromosome numbers of flowerinl plants in the Netherlands VI. Proc. Kon. Ned. Acad. Wet., ser. C 76: 303-311.
CCDB · book-fedorov — Heitz 1926
CCDB · book-fedorov — Peterson 1936
CCDB · book-fedorov — Blackburn, Morton 1957
CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Peterson 1936
2n 202×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-indian_vol1
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Frey, L. 1969. Chromosome numbers in the genus Scabiosa L. I. Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 15: 179–184.
CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Hsu, C.-C. 1968
n 141×CCDB · iapt
CCDB · iapt — IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 13
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=0.972 ↗
07Deep time~6.78 Ma lineage
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin6.78 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type79 022 records
Wild obs. + sensor74 850
Museum / vouchered4 093
Other79
Origin
Native8 219
Introduced71
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO137 604 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy44% within 1 km
≤100 m 13 167≤1 km 13 317≤10 km 33 753>10 km 383
60 620 georeferenced · 14 230 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor74 850
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy36% within 1 km
≤100 m 182≤1 km 436≤10 km 563>10 km 532
1 713 georeferenced · 2 380 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence4 093
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions79 of 177 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Helsinki, FI | 508 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 275 |
| Odawara, JP | 207 |
| Madison, US | 161 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 153 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 141 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 136 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 134 |
| Toyama, JP | 129 |
| Chiba, JP | 121 |
| Shinshu Universitylocation not on record | 115 |
| Taipei, TW | 70 |
| Nagano City, JP | 67 |
| Salzburg, AT | 61 |
| Bronx, US | 59 |
| Taipei, TW | 53 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 48 |
| Kochi, JP | 47 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 47 |
| Oulu, FI | 47 |
| Berlin, DE | 47 |
| QAUlocation not on record | 46 |
| Fukushima Universitylocation not on record | 37 |
| KURAlocation not on record | 35 |
| Turku, FI | 34 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 34 |
| Görlitz, DE | 33 |
| South Kensington, GB | 32 |
| Tomioka, JP | 31 |
| Otaru, JP | 29 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 29 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 26 |
| DMZ botanic gardenlocation not on record | 25 |
| Shanghai, CN | 25 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 25 |
| Philadelphia, US | 24 |
| National Museum of Natural Sciencelocation not on record | 22 |
| KOMlocation not on record | 19 |
| Hiratsuka City Museumlocation not on record | 18 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 16 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 15 |
| Nishihara, JP | 15 |
| JP | 15 |
| Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 15 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 15 |
| KIRMlocation not on record | 14 |
| Uppsala, SE | 14 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 14 |
| Tokushima, JP | 14 |
| Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record | 13 |
| Nishihara, JP | 12 |
| Wlocation not on record | 12 |
| Osaka, JP | 12 |
| Kyoto Universitylocation not on record | 12 |
| Mlocation not on record | 12 |
| J.F.Oberlin Universitylocation not on record | 12 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 11 |
| Sugadaira Research Station, Mountain Science Center, University of Tsukubalocation not on record | 11 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 11 |
| Universidad Católica de Santa Maríalocation not on record | 11 |
| Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record | 11 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 10 |
| Sendai, JP | 10 |
| Beijing, CN | 10 |
| Dekalb, US | 10 |
| Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record | 9 |
| Beijing Normal Universitylocation not on record | 9 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 9 |
| LDlocation not on record | 9 |
| Taipei, TW | 9 |
| Korea National Arboretumlocation not on record | 9 |
| Chadron, US | 7 |
| Bando, JP | 7 |
| Ishikawa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 7 |
| DNSMlocation not on record | 7 |
| KIWElocation not on record | 6 |
| Kuopio, FI | 6 |
| Forssa, FI | 6 |
| Peking Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Kagoshima, JP | 5 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 5 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 5 |
| Tampa, US | 5 |
| Nagasaki University - Fisherieslocation not on record | 4 |
| Parthenon Tama History Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Porvoo, FI | 4 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 4 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 4 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 4 |
| Samara National Research Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Shenyang Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Burlington, US | 4 |
| Guangxi Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 3 |
| Oswego, US | 3 |
| Winterthur, CH | 3 |
| SIHUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 3 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Flagstaff, US | 3 |
| College Park, US | 3 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 3 |
| Staten Island, US | 3 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 3 |
| Tula State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP | 2 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| Xiamen, CN | 2 |
| Mie Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Dresden, DE | 2 |
| Bangkok, TH | 2 |
| Obihiro Centennial City Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record | 2 |
| Siouxland Heritage Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record | 2 |
| Xining, CN | 2 |
| Omachi Alpine Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| München, DE | 2 |
| BClocation not on record | 2 |
| Hudson, US | 2 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 2 |
| Tilburg, NL | 2 |
| Whitewater, US | 2 |
| València, ES | 2 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Québec, CA | 2 |
| KNAMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 1 |
| Brussel, BE | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| CASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Zürich, CH | 1 |
| BMlocation not on record | 1 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 1 |
| The Cattle Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| H-Adlerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Dover, US | 1 |
| H-Dunkellocation not on record | 1 |
| H-AkrKGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 1 |
| FFPRIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 1 |
| Elikins, US | 1 |
| Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Kiritappu Wetland National Trustlocation not on record | 1 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Missoula, US | 1 |
| Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record | 1 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Awka, NG | 1 |
| Guilin, CN | 1 |
| St. Paul, US | 1 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Mohonk Preservelocation not on record | 1 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 1 |
| NoColllocation not on record | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Oiso Municipal Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Science Museum of Minnesotalocation not on record | 1 |
| Norfolk, US | 1 |
| HUFDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Nanjing, CN | 1 |
| Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze | Via Giorgio La Pira headquarter of the Natural History Museum in Florencelocation not on record | 1 |
| SMMUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| GNWPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Decorah, US | 1 |
| Sede dell'Orto botanico del Museo di Storia naturale dell'Università degli Studi di Parmalocation not on record | 1 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| The Tula Region State Institution of Culture "Tula Museum Association"location not on record | 1 |
| Johnson City, US | 1 |
177 institutions · 3 774 of 4 093 vouchered records shown · 319 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA45 detections
Where the DNA of Stellaria aquatica was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found45
Studies independent surveys2
Countries8
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 45 detections have coordinates
Open the map8 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median17.4 °C 13.4–17.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter17.5 °C
Max temp (day)21.7 °C 17.2–21.7
Min temp (night)13.1 °C 9.50–13.7
Precipitation70.5 mm/mo 66.5–88.8
Air humidity59.6 % 59.6–63.1
Moisture balance-39.6 mm/mo -56.1–-2.80
Vapour deficit804 Pa 614–811
Wind speed3.40 m/s 3.40–4.90
Cloud cover34.9 % 33.4–51.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 40 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.