Not Stellaria, It appears to be a Cerastium species. Kindly crop and upload flower upper view from first photograph to count the number of styles.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Caryophyllaceae Week > pink OR carnation family > * Stellaria ¿ species *? > > Dear friends, > ID please. > *Habit*: ... dichotomous branched erect herb, guessing it to be about 70 > - 80 cm high; upper leaves - sessile, linear lanceolate with wavy margin; > flower about 8 - 10 mm across > *Habitat*: ... sloping alpine meadow > *Altitude*: ... about 11,000 - 12,000 ft asl > at Valley of Flowers on 02 AUG 12 > > [image: Stellaria ¿ species > ?]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7843333056%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdVyErqVP6XaZMpRw3vn3hYVRgW4w> > > [image: Stellaria ¿ species > ?]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7843335904%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfG4w7FPYeJ_HA1kHDZjmxnVraxKA> > > [image: Stellaria ¿ species > ?]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7843330686%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze1Mtv33YVklniyqd4orwluY3nuJQ> > Regards. > Dinesh > > -- > > > > --
