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Read more about Gray Mouse-ear Chickweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cerastium brachypetalum   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDING Synthesis of the North American Flora (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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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.

JK Marlow    jkm140426_672b

April    Pickens County    SC

Has an open, dichotomously branched inflorescence with numerous flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.

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 (11/30/12):
Cerastium brachypetalum   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cerastium brachypetalum   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDING Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Cerastium brachypetalum ssp. brachypetalum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-08-004:
Cerastium brachypetalum   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae