Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cerastium semidecandrum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Little Mouse-ear Chickweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cerastium semidecandrum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-08-002:
Cerastium semidecandrum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
COMMON NAME:
Little Mouse-ear Chickweed, Fivestamen Chickweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cese4_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_c_semidecandrum2
March Lee County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_c_semidecandrum3
April Lee County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_c_semidecandrum3b
April Lee County NC
Similar to C. glomeratum, but smaller and with less-congested inflorescences, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cerastium semidecandrum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cerastium semidecandrum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-08-002:
Cerastium semidecandrum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
2667
Forb
Annual
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere in NC-SC
Look for it in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Usually bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
5 or 10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Capsule
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