Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cerastium brachypetalum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cerastium brachypetalum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 071-08-004:
Cerastium brachypetalum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
GREATER THAN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Cerastium brachypetalum ssp. brachypetalum
COMMON NAME:
Gray Mouse-ear, Gray Mouse-ear 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.
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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.
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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.