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Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum) |
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Cerastium glomeratum Mouse-ear Chickweed is easily mistaken for Sticky Mouse-ear Chickweed. Sticky Mouse-ear Chickweed has much shorter flowering stalks and the species is an annual and does not have prostrate, spreading stems on the ground.
Cerastium arvense Field Chickweed has sepals which are much shorter than the petals. The center of the flower is tinged with yellow-green. Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum) Alien: Native of Europe. Identification: Flowers small, white with 5 petals. Petals notched about one-third of their apical length. Sepals slightly longer or slightly shorter than petals. Flower stalk long, from 2 to 4 times the length of the sepals. Stems hairy and sticky. Leaves hairy, ovate, with smooth outer margins, and sessile to the stem. Plant a perennial spreading from prostrate stems on the ground. Plant 6 to 18 inches in height. Distribution: Throughout North America. Habitat: Mouse-ear Chickweed in a weed found in a variety of disturbed habitats including lawns, fields, and roadsides. Flowering period: May to September. Comments: Mouse-ear Chickweed has gone under the name Cerastium vulgatum in the past. |
Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum)
Similar Species: Sticky Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium glomeratum) Field Chickweed (Cerastium arvense)
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