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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-08-001:

Cerastium holosteoides var. vulgare   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cerastium vulgatum

COMMON NAME:
Common Mouse-ear Chickweed

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cevu_001_lvd

        

JK Marlow    jkm220315_6114

March    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Leaves sessile, oval to elliptical (lower usually spoon-shaped), 1" long or less, densely hairy, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_c_fontanum_vulgare_1

April    Catawba County    NC

Matted at the base and rooting at the nodes, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_c_fontanum_vulgare_2

April    Catawba County    NC

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_c_fontanum_vulgare_3

May    Catawba County    NC

Flowers 1/4" wide, the petals cleft and about equaling the sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-08-001:
Cerastium holosteoides var. vulgare   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cerastium vulgatum