Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cerastium brachypetalum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cerastium brachypetalum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cerastium brachypetalum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Cerastium brachypetalum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cerastium brachypetalum ssp. brachypetalum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-08-004:
Cerastium brachypetalum FAMILY Caryophyllaceae
COMMON NAME:
Gray Mouse-ear Chickweed, Gray Chickweed
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JK Marlow jkm140426_672
April Pickens County SC
A matted annual with many flowering stems. Leaves spatulate, elliptic or ovate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140426_672b
April Pickens County SC
Has an open, dichotomously branched inflorescence with numerous flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm140426_672c
April Pickens County SC
Pedicels erect or ascending, 6-15 mm, shaggy. Sepals densely pubescent, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cerastium brachypetalum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cerastium brachypetalum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cerastium brachypetalum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Cerastium brachypetalum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cerastium brachypetalum ssp. brachypetalum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-08-004:
Cerastium brachypetalum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
3199
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common (rare in Coastal Plain, rare in SC)
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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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