Stellaria crispa is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names curled starwort and crisp starwort. It is native to western North America from Alaska south to California and Wyoming, where it grows in moist, shady habitat such as deep forests and streambanks. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing a mat of prostrate or trailing stems up to about 40 centimeters long. It is lined with opposite pairs of pointed oval leaves each 1 to 2 centimeters long. Single flowers occur in the leaf axils, each borne on a short pedicel. The flower has five pointed green sepals each a few millimeters long. Some flowers have one or more petals, but most lack these.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 crispa has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens7
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences7
eDNA detections5
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★rbcL3★rbcLa★ITS4★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualStellaria crispa 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 = 26 n = 13
Ploidy2× diploid · measured
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 261×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Morton, J. K. & R. K. Rabeler. 1989. Biosystematic studies on the Stellaria calyeantha (Caryophyllaceae). I. Cytology and cytogeography. Canad. J. Bot. 67: 121–127.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy92% within 1 km
≤100 m 162≤1 km 34≤10 km 7>10 km 10
213 georeferenced · 49 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor262
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 accuracy60% within 1 km
≤100 m 29≤1 km 139≤10 km 103>10 km 9
280 georeferenced · 430 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence710
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 institutions42 of 65 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Victoria, CA
109
WTUlocation not on record
90
Vancouver, CA
83
Pullman, US
50
Corvallis, US
40
Missoula, US
35
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
34
Moscow, US
21
Angwin, US
20
Boise, US
18
Arcata, US
16
Provo, US
12
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
11
Portland, US
11
Tacoma, US
9
Davis, US
9
Bozeman, US
8
St. Paul, US
7
Bronx, US
7
Whitehorse, CA
5
Pocatello, US
5
Claremont, US
5
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
4
Portland, US
4
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
3
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
3
Riverside, US
3
University of Lethbridgelocation not on record
3
KNFYlocation not on record
3
Anchorage, US
3
DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record
2
CASlocation not on record
2
Santa Barbara, US
2
Columbia, US
2
Oskarshamn, SE
2
San Jose, US
2
HJAEFlocation not on record
2
Tampa, US
2
Caldwell, US
2
San Luis Obispo, US
2
Henderson, US
2
San Diego, US
2
KNFHClocation not on record
2
Ann Arbor, US
1
Cheney, US
1
Walla Walla, US
1
GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record
1
Chadron, US
1
Ashland, US
1
University of British Columbialocation not on record
1
Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record
1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, San Juan Island National Historical Parklocation not on record
1
Wellington, NZ
1
Northridge, US
1
Bloomington, US
1
SEFlocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, Mount Rainier National Parklocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
1
University of Victorialocation not on record
1
Saint Louis, US
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
US
1
Karlsruhe, DE
1
65 institutions · 679 of 710 vouchered records shown · 31 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Stellaria crispa 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 found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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 median12.4 °C 11.5–14.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter22.2 °C
Max temp (day)18.2 °C 16.9–20.4
Min temp (night)7.40 °C 5.70–9.20
Precipitation65.6 mm/mo 49.3–122
Air humidity55.7 % 53.9–61.0
Moisture balance-45.0 mm/mo -81.8–11.1
Vapour deficit612 Pa 558–740
Wind speed3.90 m/s 3.30–4.30
Cloud cover36.6 % 32.5–38.2
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 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.
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BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility972 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
giftgenome & karyotype
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗