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Russian WildNature 
 
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Issue (N 15) - December 2002

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                   Happy New Year !
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Russian WildNature (http://rwn.boom.ru)

   Year back I have wrote the page about Water Avens (Geum rivale).
(http://rwn.boom.ru/plants/Geum_rivale_e.html)
And on spring I have got the question: what the flower is seen on the second
plan?
It is similar well known Common Chickweed, but is larger.
I have promised then to tell in more detail about this beautiful plant,
but has lingered for known reasons.
I finish year by returning of this debt.

   It is necessary to pay attention to this beautiful plant
from Pink Family (Caryophyllaceae)
(http://rwn.boom.ru/plants/Caryophyllaceae_e.html),
when its asterisk-like flowers shine in the wood --
Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea)
(http://rwn.boom.ru/plants/Stellaria_holostea_e.html).
Its similarity to Common Chickweed (Stellaria media)
is not casual: they are the nearest relatives, two species of the same genus.

   Best wishes in new year!
 
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That is all. See you later. 
Yours sincerely 
               C. Sidorov (mailto:csidorov@land.ru) 
 
 
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