Cerastium semidecandrum
Common name
little mouse ear chickweed
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
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CERSEM
Conservation status
Not applicable
Brief description
Small annual herb; stem leaves sessile, hairy. Flowers with petals < sepals; sepal hairs glandular but not reaching sepal tip. Pedicels elongating at fruiting stage, longer than the sepals and with glandular hairs.
Flowering
Oct-Nov
Flower colours
White
Year naturalised
1968
Origin
Europe, Asia Minor
Etymology
cerastium: From the Greek keras ‘horn’, referring to the seed capsules of some species looking like horns are they emerge from the calyx.