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Cerastium texanum

Cerastium tomentosum

snow-in-summer
Habit Rhizomatous, mat-forming perennials, the flowering stems ascending, branched, 15-40 cm. long; non-flowering stems prostrate, readily rooting; herbage densely white-woolly.
Leaves

Leaves opposite, sessile, linear to linear-lanceolate, 10-60 mm. long and 2-8 mm. wide, not glandular.
Flowers

Inflorescences of lax, 3- to 13-flowered, bracteate cymes; pedicles ascending, straight, 10-40 mm. long;

flowers white, 12-20 mm. in diameter;

sepals 5, narrowly lanceolate-elliptic, 5-7 mm. long;

petals 5, deltoid, 2 lobed, white, 10-18 mm. long;

stamens 10;

styles 5.
Fruits

Capsules cylindric, slightly curved, 10-15 mm. long, with 10 erect teeth.

Cerastium texanum

Cerastium tomentosum
Flowering time April-May
Habitat Fields, roadsides, and wastelots at low elevation.
Distribution
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Occurring west of the Cascades crest in lowland western Washington British Columbia to Oregon, east to Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, the Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America.
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Origin Introduced from 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. dichotomum, C. fontanum, C. glomeratum, C. nutans, C. pumilum, C. semidecandrum
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