Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cerastium glomeratum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Sticky Mouse-ear at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cerastium glomeratum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-08-003:
Cerastium glomeratum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
COMMON NAME:
Sticky Mouse-ear, Sticky Chickweed, Sticky Mouse-ear Chickweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cevi3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120318_571
March Pickens County SC
A tufted plant with many viscid-hairy stems up to 1' tall, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm120318_571b
March Pickens County SC
Sepals green, apex very acute, usually w glandular hairs & long white hairs, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm120318_581
March Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120318_581b
March Pickens County SC
Leaves covered with spreading, white, long hairs, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm120318_581c
March Pickens County SC
Petals oblanceolate, 3-5 mm, rarely absent, apex deeply bifid, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm160331_229
March Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm210309_8952
March Greenville County SC
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cerastium glomeratum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cerastium glomeratum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-08-003:
Cerastium glomeratum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
302
Forb
Winter annual
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in fields, 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
White
Usually bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring
Yellow
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p129
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p040
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p077