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813:Preston, C.D.; Pearman, D.A.; Dines, T.D. (2002).
760:Stace, C.A.; Preston, C.D.; Pearman, D.A. (2015).
1026:. Montford Bridge: Shropshire Botanical Society.
1061:"Greater Chickweed, Stellaria neglecta Weihe"
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962:. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology.
894:European Nature Information System.
561:Poland, John; Clement, Eric (2009).
308:This species was first published by
1521:IUCN Red List least concern species
817:. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
646:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1967.tb05444.x
358:Its chromosome number is 2n = 22.
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740:"Stellaria neglecta (Lej.) Weihe"
713:"Stellaria neglecta (Lej.) Weihe"
1472:urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:159358-1
933:"Stellaria neglecta Weihe, 1825"
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674:New Flora of the British Isles
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310:Alexandre Louis Simon Lejeune
711:Plants of the World Online.
565:. Southampton: John Poland.
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832:. London: Frederick Warne.
785:Stearn, William T. (1980).
476:woodland by rivers, in W10
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361:The scientific name
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1059:Plant Atlas 2020.
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683:978-1-5272-2630-2
628:(Dumort.) Pire".
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334:(in 1866),
312:in 1825 as
298:tuberculate
260:Description
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1454:Plant List
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626:S. pallida
624:Weihe and
498:References
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236:herbaceous
1526:Stellaria
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