Cerastium velutinum Rafinesque var. velutinum . Common name: Field Mouse-ear, Starry Grasswort. Phenology: Apr-Aug. Habitat: Rocky river-scour areas, dry limestone bluffs, other open situations. Distribution: NY and s. ON west to MN, south to VA, TN, and n. AR.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, FNA5, K4, NY, Pa, Va; = Cerastium arvense L. ssp. velutinum (Raf.) Ugbor. var. velutinum (Raf.) Britton; = Cerastium arvense L. var. velutinum (Raf.) Britton; = Cerastium velutinum Raf. — Il; = Cerastium velutinum Raf. ssp. velutinum — Mo2; < Cerastium arvense L. — C, G, GrPl, S13, W; > Cerastium arvense L. — S; < Cerastium arvense L. var. villosum (Muhl. ex Darl.) Hollick & Britton — F, Tat; < Cerastium velutinum Raf. — Mi, Tn; > Cerastium velutinum Raf. — S. Basionym: Cerastium velutinum Raf. 1808
Links to other floras: = Cerastium velutinum var. velutinum - FNA5
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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