Bog Chickweed

Stellaria alsine

Strong

Native to Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 59%

Soil moisture: Moist to wet

Stellaria alsine — flower photograph — (c) Thomas Dreux, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0 · Original photograph

Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Life cycle: Annual

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Leaves · Bloom

Height and bloom: NC species account not read yet.

Spread, light and leaves: no source found yet.

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 2 Virginia counties.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

13CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including VA

Genus host records with ranges including VA · Stellaria

Agnorisma badinodisPale-Banded Dart
Agrotis venerabilisVenerable Dart, Dusky Cut-Worm
Elaphria grataGrateful Midget
Euphyia intermediataSharp-Angled Carpet Moth, The Intermediate
Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
Haematopis gratariaChickweed Geometer
Hyles lineataWhite-Lined Sphinx
Lacinipolia renigeraBristly Ground Cat, Bristly Cutworm Moth, Kidney Spotted "Mamestra"
Lobocleta ossulariaDrab Brown Wave
Xanthorhoe ferrugataRed Twin-Spot, Twin-Spot Carpet

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Xestia c-nigrumSpotted Cut-Worm, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Lesser Black-letter Dart
Xestia dolosaGreater Black-Letter Dart, Greater Spotted Cutworm
Xestia smithiiSmith's Dart

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

6BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Stellaria

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

18BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Stellaria

Agelaius tricolorTricolored Blackbird
Anser rossiiRoss's Goose
Anthus rubescensAmerican Pipit
Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
Haemorhous mexicanusHouse Finch
Junco hyemalisDark-eyed Junco
Lagopus leucuraWhite-tailed Ptarmigan
Melospiza melodiaSong Sparrow
Melozone crissalisCalifornia Towhee
Oreortyx pictusMountain Quail

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Passer domesticusHouse Sparrow
Pheucticus melanocephalusBlack-headed Grosbeak
Pipilo maculatusSpotted Towhee
Spinus psaltriaLesser Goldfinch
Spizella passerinaChipping Sparrow
Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
Zonotrichia atricapillaGolden-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Caryophyllaceae
Flower color: White

What its natural habitat tells you

Growing sources and scope

Flower color · “White” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Life cycle · “Annual” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
primary_flower_color · “white” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Also known as

Bog Starwort; Bog Stitchwort

Conservation status

Virginia rank	S1
Global rank	G5
VA status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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