Cerastium pumilum W. Curtis
dwarf mouse-ear (European chickweed)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
dwarf mouse-ear (European chickweed)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Cerastium pumilum ssp. glutinosum
Species Information
General:
Annual herb from a slender taproot; stems ascending to erect, glandular and soft-hairy, 2-12 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal and lower stem leaves egg-shaped to elliptic, 4-7 mm long, unstalked to short-stalked; stem leaves opposite, several pairs, egg-shaped to oblong, unstalked; stipules absent.
Flowers:
Inflorescence several in loose, bracted clusters, the bracts with wax-papery tips and margins; petals 5, deeply 2-cleft, 2.5-3 mm long, with branching veins; sepals 5, broadly lanceolate, pointed, 2.5-3 mm long, with narrow, wax-papery margins.
Fruits:
Capsules, cylindric, straight at maturity, 4-7 mm long, 10-valved; seeds brown, 0.2-0.4 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