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Wood stitchwort (Stellaria nemorum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby.

Six flowering plants, all types of chickweed, stitchwort or starwort (Stellaria species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Stitchwort (Stellaria scapigera): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1804.

Water chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1799.

Chickweed or stitchwort plant (Stellaria graminea) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

Stitchwort, chickweed or starwort (Stellaria nemorum): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Four flowering plants, including spurrey (Spergula), chickweed (Stellaria) and a rowan (Sorbus). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1827.

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Wood stitchwort (Stellaria nemorum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby.

Stitchwort, chickweed or starwort (Stellaria nemorum): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Chickweed or stitchwort plant (Stellaria graminea) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

Six flowering plants, all types of chickweed, stitchwort or starwort (Stellaria species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Four flowering plants, including spurrey (Spergula), chickweed (Stellaria) and a rowan (Sorbus). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1827.