UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Cerastium texanum

Cerastium dichotomum

forked mouse-ear chickweed
Habit Glandular annual from a taproot and crown, the stems erect, simple or several from the base, 15-30 cm. tall.
Leaves

Leaves opposite, simple, broadly linear to lanceolate or oblong, 12-30 mm. long and 3-10 mm. wide, acute, viscid-glandular.
Flowers

Inflorescences of dense, 3- to 30-flowered cymes, with leaf-like, glandular-pubescent bracts; pedicles erect, 2-10 mm. long;

sepals 5, lanceolate, 6-11 mm. long, acute;

petals 5, oblanceolate, white, equaling the sepals;

stamens 5;

styles 5.
Fruits

Capsules narrowly conic, twice as long as the sepals, straight, with 10 erect teeth.

Cerastium texanum

Cerastium dichotomum
Flowering time April-June
Habitat Disturbed areas, especially along roadsides.
Distribution
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Occurring in scattered locations east of the Cascades crest in the Columbia River Gorge and in southeastern Washington; Washington to California, east to western Idaho.
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Origin Introduced from southern Europe
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
C. arvense, C. beeringianum, C. brachypetalum, C. brachypodum, C. dichotomum, C. fontanum, C. glomeratum, C. nutans, C. pumilum, C. semidecandrum, C. tomentosum
C. arvense, C. beeringianum, C. brachypetalum, C. brachypodum, C. fontanum, C. glomeratum, C. nutans, C. pumilum, C. semidecandrum, C. tomentosum
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