Stellaria flaccida, the Forest Starwort is a wildflower found in eastern and southern Australia

Australia

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. A small ground covering plant. It may grow to 50 cm tall, but usually seen shorter than this.

A perennial or annual, with weak stems. Sometimes it roots from the nodes. White hairs form on new growth. It features five petaled flowers, (each petal is split in two). Flowering occurs from September to February. Flowers are white with purple.

It is found on the coast and ranges, often in moist shady places in forest, or on the edge of rainforest

Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions based on a minimum normal annual rainfall of 1750-2000 mm...

s. Leaves are lanceolate to ovate in shape, 7 to 18 mm long and 2 to 8 mm wide. The fruit is a small ovoid shaped capsule containing a small number of seeds.

The generic name Stellaria refers to the star like flowers, and the specific epithet flaccida refers to the weak and small form of the plant.