I find myself increasingly interested in research about the Caryophyllaceae more broadly beyond Stellaria, and photos associated with that interest and research can be found below.
Eremogone hookeri, pearl of the greater Great Plains:
Honckenya peploides, of cool northern shores:
Rabelera holostea (L.) M.T. Sharples & E. Tripp (previously Stellaria holostea), a newly described monotypic genus of temperate Eurasia:
Silene baccifera, the only species with a fleshy fruit in all of the carnation family:
BOTANICAL & OTHER EXPLORATIONS 