Swamp Starwort (Stellaria angustifolia)

Family: Caryophyllaceae (Carnation family).

Occurrence. Uncommon swamp plant. Record from Metcalfe farmland.

Recognise:

• it is a swamp plant
• it is a more or less erect or sprawling plant
• the leaves are narrow and in opposite pairs
• the flowers are white and are on leafy shoots from the leaf base.