First record: Ray, 1660
Holostei Ruelii diversitas The lesser Stitchwort. Ray,1670:168.
Alsine pratensis gramineo folio angustiore Martyn,1727,94.
Stellaria graminea, Relhan,1802.
Cambridgeshire, CM Lemann, 5.1833, CGE.
Everywhere throughout the District 7. AF.ann.
There are also 61 records for S. graminea in Recorder, [R].
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Woodbury Lodge Farm, rough grass heath, around old aerodrome brick buildings, G Crompton & R Payne, 28.7.1988.
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Holostei Ruellii diversitas The lesser Stitchwort. ...also in the pastures about Gamlingay. Ray,1660,76(74); Holosteum minus .Gamlingay. Ray,Index Loc.JM.ann; Gamlingay. Martyn,1763,Herbat.XI; G(amlingay). Fisher ann. Berkenhout,123; J.D., 18.5.1830, NTM; Bab.1860,38; HD.ann; RH Lock, 8.1899, CGE; 4.8.1910, Gray,ann.
Gamlingay Cinques, common, 226.529, PD Sell, 18.11.1956; frequent, JCA Rathmell, 5.5.1993; 226.529, petals shorter than sepals to petals 1
times longer than sepals, bracts scarious with large green central vein, G Crompton & R Payne, 20.5.1993, CGE.Alsine folio gramineo angustiore palustris Dill. Caryophyllus holosteus foliis gramineis acutis floribus albis Mentz. Rai hist.1027. In ye bogs on Gamlingay heath. Th.M.ann.Meth.94; G(amlingay) B(ogs) - - - Fisher ann. Berkenhout,123; Lesser Stichwort. b. Gamlingay Bogs. Relhan,1785; ...and the Heath near Gamlingay, 18.5.1830. Henslow Exc; Gamlingay Heath SWW. Bab.ann.Relhan,177; Heath Wood, Gamlingay, rare, WTKB & JW, 1916; Gamlingay Heath, AS Shrubbs, 3.7.1919, CGE.
G(amlingay) P(ark). Fisher ann. Berkenhout,123.
Whitewood...18.5.1830. Henslow Exc; Bab.ann.Relhan,177.
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Bassenhally Pits, 28-98-, I Hepburn, 1968.
Tussock field and marsh, Guildenburgh Pits, 283.967, JO Mountford & GMB Smith, 14.6.1969.
Whittlesea, AF.cat; Whittlesey, wet meadow, GMS Easy, 1975.
Grazed pasture, 268.980, R Payne, 7.1988; ? Stellaria graminea x palustris S. x glauciformis Bouvet, Grazing meadow, Whittlesey, 268.980, "I am not at all sure what this plant is. Most of the bracts seem to have 'marginal cilia', but they look odd (could they be fungal hypaea? - look with binoculars!) & in any case there is a central non-hyaline midrib on nearly all the bracts. The largest petals are larger than I associate with S. graminea, & they are verydeeply bifid. The vegetative shoots have narrowly-elliptical, graminea leaves. It looks like a good candidate for the hybrid S. x glauciformis Bouvet, which Stace (p.174) gives for France, Germany, Sweden & Russia but is not recorded in Britain. Is there more & is it sterile?" R Payne with G Crompton, 22.7.1988, det. SM Walters, 27.7.1988, CGE.
Nene Wash, rough meadow, 237.984, small patch, c. 2m x 2m, R Payne, 2.8.1988.
Yardy's Pits, 254.979, JO Mountford & GMB Smith, 19.6.1970.
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Royston; D Britten. Bab.1860,38.
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Fen Drayton. Bab.1860,38.
Grassy wasteland by gravel pit, 334.695, JCA Rathmell, 1.9.1993.
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37V, GMS Easy, 1974.
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Holostei Ruellii diversitas The lesser Stitchwort. On the sides of the bank between Mepole and Chatteresse, and on many other Fen banks:... Ray,1660,76(74); Alsine gram.angust. Chatteress JM.ann; Alsine graminea angustifolia Chatteress Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.3; Fisher ann. Berkenhout,123; g. Relhan,1785; Chatteris, AF.cat.
Dykemoor, AF.cat.
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Specimen: 'Plentifully on Middlemore W[hittlesford]. May 1867.' Maynard MS.14:87,CRO; ...grows in various places in the parish on banks &c.... Maynard MS.14:83,CRO.
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Grassland between Barnwell Road and the Airport, 52/479.583, P Stebbings, 10.6.1992, CGE.
Stellaria graminea Lesser Stichwort. b. g Cow fen; Relhan,1785;[sic]1820; Relhan, Bab.1860,38.
In grass and bushes near old tennis court, off Grange Road, 441.585, well established, GMS Easy, 5.10.1988, PVT.
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Between Cottenham and Histon. Bab.1860,38.
Girton. Bab.1860,38.
Trackside, Cuckoo Farm-Rampton, H 18-19, APD Jones, 1940.
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Sutton. Bab.1860,38.
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Honey, AF.cat.
Holostei Ruellii diversitas The lesser Stitchwort. On the sides of the bank between Mepole and Chatteresse, and on many other Fen banks:... Ray,1660,76(74); Mepole. Martyn,1763,Herbat.XII; Martyn,1763,Herbat.XI; Fisher ann. Berkenhout,123; Mepal; J Martyn. Bab.1860,38; Mepal, AF.cat.
Wenny, AF.cat.
Witcham. Bab.1860,38 & Bab.MS.Fl.120; AF.cat.
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Fire Lots, AF.cat.
Horse Moor, Stonea, JSL Gilmour & TG Tutin, 6.1930, CGE.
March Railway sidings, wasteground on west, north and east side of railway sidings, adjacent to Prison on north edge, 41-99-, GMS Easy with G Crompton, 6.8.1993, CGE.
Sandy marsh, Wimblington Common, South Pits, 438.911, JO Mountford & GMB Smith, 26.6.1969.
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Hedgerow by track near gravel pit, 537.497, B & S Jackson, 1970; not found, B Jackson, 1988.
Linton etc. not uncommon, n.c., n.d., SWN.
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Glade in Fulbourn woods, 528.558, c. 10 yards off main FP, JCA Rathmell, 27.6.1993.
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North Horse Fen, 587.759, abundant in wetter areas, R Payne, 1981.
Half Acre Lane, Stuntney, 558.768, DR Donald, 1978.
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Chettisham Meadow, 2 small patches, one in field with pond in it, the other in adjacent field, 542.831, JCA Rathmell, 5.1992; abundant, 541.830, JCA Rathmell, 11.6.1994.
I(sle of ) E(ly) Fisher ann. Berkenhout,123; Lesser Stichwort. b. g. Isle of Ely. Relhan,1785; Ely. Henslow ann. l:177; Bab.1860,38.
We found Stellaria graminea at Roswell Hill pits, Jenyns,JNH,17.6.1824.
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Ditton Park Wood, 668.573, only on ride near entrance, FE Wrighton, 16.6.1979.
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Ditch Trial Ground, Tan Gallops and thereabout, Burwell Heath, NE of Devil's Ditch, opposite July Course stands, well used and ? fertilized turf, DE Coombe, 17.9.1987.
Long Hill, 660.640, many plants in flower, DE Coombe, 7.1988.
Steeplechase Course parallel to Devil's Ditch, near 2nd tee, DE Coombe, 17.6.1987.
Kennet Heath. Bab.1860,38.
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...On ye Marsh opposite ye Cross-Guns. Skrim.MS.
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It grows about Wisbh. Skrim.MS.
Washes of the Nene above Guyhirn, 1883, HD.ann.
