OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



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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image of Cerastium brachypetalum, Gray Mouse-ear Chickweed, Gray Chickweed

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).

image of Cerastium brachypetalum, Gray Mouse-ear Chickweed, Gray Chickweed

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).

image of Cerastium brachypetalum, Gray Mouse-ear Chickweed, Gray Chickweed

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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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