Stellera is a genus of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae, with a single species Stellera chamaejasme found in mountainous regions of Asia. Stellera chamaejasme is a herbaceous perennial plant with heads of white, pink or yellow flowers. The genus Stellera was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. The generic name Stellera commemorates Georg Wilhelm Steller, while the specific epithet chamaejasme is a rendering into botanical Latin orthography of the Greek “down on the ground” and “jasmine”. The name in its entirety thus means “Steller’s plant that resembles a kind of jasmine (that creeps) on the ground”. Stellera chamaejasme is native to Northern China, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, India (Uttar Pradesh), Russia (Siberia), Mongolia. It is found on sunny dry slopes and sandy places between 2600 and 4200 m. The plant is virulently poisonous.
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