field mouse-ear chickweed

Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

Member of field chickweed (Cerastium arvense)
mouse-ear chickweeds (genus Cerastium)
pink family (family Caryophyllaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• stems both non-flowering/mat-forming and flowering/±erect
• petals 7.5–9 mm, 3–6 mm > sepals
• calyx 4.2–6 mm, glandular-hairy, rarely with hairs exceeding tip
• scarious margin of outer sepals < 0.2 mm wide

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Chris’s observations: none

Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora