Japanese name: エゾオオヤマハコベ（蝦夷大山繁縷） Scientific name:Stellaria radians
[Overview]
A perennial about 50–80 cm tall, growing in somewhat moist grasslands.
The stems and leaves are densely covered with silky hairs and look whitish.
The stem is erect, square in cross section, branched in the upper part, and densely hairy.
Leaves are simple and opposite, lanceolate with a pointed tip, 6–12 cm long and 1–2.5 cm wide, with silky hairs on both surfaces.
There is usually no leaf stalk.
Cymes are borne at the stem tips and leaf axils.
The flowers are white with 5 petals, about 2 cm across; the petals are broadly obovate and split into many narrow lobes.
There are 10 stamens.
The fruit is a cylindrical capsule 9 mm long that splits into 6 parts.
The seeds are black and reniform-round, 2 mm long, with a raised network pattern on the surface.
