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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-08-001:

Cerastium holosteoides var. vulgare   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cerastium vulgatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Mouse-ear Chickweed


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image of Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare, Common Mouse-ear Chickweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cevu_001_lvd

        

image of Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare, Common Mouse-ear Chickweed

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_159

        

image of Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare, Common Mouse-ear Chickweed

JK Marlow    jkm220315_6114

March    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Leaves sessile, oval to elliptical (lower usually spoon-shaped), 1" long or less, densely hairy, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare, Common Mouse-ear Chickweed

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_c_fontanum_vulgare_1

April    Catawba County    NC

Matted at the base and rooting at the nodes, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare, Common Mouse-ear Chickweed

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_c_fontanum_vulgare_2

April    Catawba County    NC

image of Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare, Common Mouse-ear Chickweed

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_c_fontanum_vulgare_3

May    Catawba County    NC

Flowers 1/4" wide, the petals cleft and about equaling the sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-08-001:
Cerastium holosteoides var. vulgare   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cerastium vulgatum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

303

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common in Carolinas, rare in GA

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
5 or 10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Capsule

 

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