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*Cerastium fontanum Baumgartner ssp. vulgare (Hartman) Greuter & Burdet. Common name: Common Mouse-ear. Phenology: Mar-Jun. Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Europe.

Origin/Endemic status: Europe

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, Fl4, FNA5, K4, Mo2, NcTx, NE, NY, Tn, Va, WH3; Cerastium vulgare Hartm. = Cerastium holosteoides Fr. var. vulgare (Hartm.) Hyl. — RAB; = Cerastium vulgatum L. — C, GrPl, S, S13, Tat; < Cerastium fontanum Baumgartner — Il, Mi; ? Cerastium fontanum Baumgartner ssp. triviale (Link) Jalas — Pa, Rabeler, & Thieret (1988), Scheen et al (2004); > Cerastium vulgatum L. var. hirsutum Fr. — G; > Cerastium vulgatum L. var. holosteoides (Fr.) Wahlenb. — F, G, Tx; > Cerastium vulgatum L. var. vulgatum — F, G, Tx. Basionym: Cerastium vulgare Hartm. 1820

Links to other floras: = Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare - FNA5

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (name change)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (name change)
  • Great Plains: FACU (name change)
  • Midwest: FACU (name change)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Semi-erect to sprawling, mat-forming annual or short-lived perennial found widely in fields, gardens and many disturbed areas. Native of Europe.

Stems: Stems slender with swollen nodes, branching from base, rooting at nodes and covered with white hairs.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, oval to elliptic (lower ones usually spoon-shaped), 1 in. or less long, densely hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in compact clusters at ends of branches, white, consisting of 5 deeply notched petals (each appearing to be 2), 5 hairy green sepals, 10 white stamens and 3 styles.

Fruits: Fruit a slightly curved, cylindrical capsule.

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Height: 2-18 in.

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description: Semi-erect to sprawling, mat-forming annual or short-lived perennial found widely in fields, gardens and many disturbed areas. Native of Europe.

stems: Stems slender with swollen nodes, branching from base, rooting at nodes and covered with white hairs.

leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, oval to elliptic (lower ones usually spoon-shaped), 1 in. or less long, densely hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in compact clusters at ends of branches, white, consisting of 5 deeply notched petals (each appearing to be 2), 5 hairy green sepals, 10 white stamens and 3 styles.

fruits: Fruit a slightly curved, cylindrical capsule.

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