Cerastium dubium (Bastard) O.Schwartz

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Caryophyllaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cerastium dubium (Bastard) O.Schwartz

  • Description

    Species Description - Lax, finely glandular-puberulent annual 1–3 dm; lvs 1–3 cm × 1–2 mm; fls in lax, open dichasia, the pedicels to 15 mm; bracts wholly herbaceous; sep 5, 3.5–6 mm; pet 5, about equaling or a little longer than the sep, shortly cleft; styles 3; fr 6-toothed; 2n=36, 38. European weed, casually intr. with us, as in Ill. (C. anomalum)