Day 174: lesser stitchwort

Daily details from the garden to bring you inspiration throughout the year

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We look up to the skies on a clear night, confident in the expectation of constellation upon constellation of glimmering stars. It can come as a shock to find something similar glinting back at you from the long grass on a bright summer’s day, but such is the impression formed on encountering a patch of lesser stitchwort (Stellaria graminea), each flower a perfect ten pointed star, five deeply dissected white petals above which ten anthers appear to float, hair-like stamens all but invisible. All the benefits of star gazing, without the cricked neck.


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Hello! I’m Andrew, gardener, writer, photographer, and owner of a too-loud laugh, and I’m so pleased you’ve found your way to Gardens, weeds & words. You can read a more in-depth profile of me on the About page, or by clicking this image.

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