Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cerastium brachypetalum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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Read more about Gray Mouse-ear Chickweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cerastium brachypetalum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cerastium brachypetalum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cerastium brachypetalum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140426_672b
April Pickens County SC
Has an open, dichotomously branched inflorescence with numerous flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cerastium brachypetalum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cerastium brachypetalum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cerastium brachypetalum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cerastium brachypetalum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cerastium brachypetalum ssp. brachypetalum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-08-004:
Cerastium brachypetalum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
3199
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common (rare in Coastal Plain, rare in SC)
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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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