Cerastium nutans Raf.
nodding chickweed
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
nodding chickweed
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Cerastium nutans var. nutans
Species Information
General:
Annual herb from a short, slender taproot; stems ascending to erect, glandular-hairy to somewhat soft-hairy, 1 to several, simple or basally branched, 5-25 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal and lower stem leaves spoon-shaped to oblanceolate, 6-30 mm long, broadly short-stalked; stem leaves opposite, several pairs, linear-lanceolate to egg-shaped, unstalked; stipules lacking.
Flowers:
Inflorescence several in a loose, leafy, bracted cluster; stalks glandular soft-hairy; petals 5, white, usually sharply deflexed at the tips, 2-cleft, 6-10 mm long, occasionalály lacking; sepals 5, elliptic, 4-5 mm long, generally glandular soft-hairy.
Fruits:
Capsules cylindric, curved at maturity, 7-12 mm long, 10-valved; seeds light brown, 0.5-0.7 mm long.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Cerastium nutans
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1145 | 847 | 1710 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
5 | 0 | 12 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
190 | 160 | 220 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 4 | 5 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
4 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
PP | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
IDF(1), MS(1), PP(1) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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