Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Stellaria L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Stellaria roughii Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 23 (1864)
 Description

Glabrous fleshy tufted perennial. Stems erect, terete, becoming 4-angled when dry, 2–10–(15) cm tall. Lvs very fleshy, glaucous, sessile, linear to linear-lanceolate, acute, (10)–15–20 × 2–3–(5) mm; marginal vein indistinct. Infl. 1–3-flowered. Bracts leaflike. Pedicels erect, 10–15 mm long. Sepals linear-oblong, acute, 3-veined, 7–11 mm long; margins very narrowly scarious. Petals < sepals. Stamens 10. Capsule ovoid, much < calyx. Seeds rusty brown, about 1.5 mm long, covered with long narrow papillae.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Dec.–Feb.; Fruiting: Feb.–Apr.–(May)

 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Hooker, J.D. 1864: Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: a systematic description of the native plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's and Macquarie's Islands. Part I. Reeve, London.