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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Caryophyllaceae
Cerastium fontanum Baumg. emend Jalas subsp. vulgare (Hartm.) Greuter & Burdet
big mouse-ear chickweed, common chickweed, common mouse-ear, mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium: from Greek keras, "a horn," referring to the shape of the seed capsule
fontanum: pertaining to springs or fountains, growing in fast-running water
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect/sprawling, biennial/perennial, 1"-12" tall, matting forb, bottom branches often short; stems hairy; rooting from the nodes |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, 1/3"-1/2" wide, long-stalked; petals deeply 2-lobed and mostly as long as the sepals;  inflorescence tight, branched clusters (cyme) widening with age; blooms May-Oct. |
| Fruit: | cylindrical capsule |
| Leaf: | oval to lance-like, stalkless |
| Habitat: | lawns, disturbed areas |
| (Glossary) |
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