Cerastium pumilum Curtis

  • 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 pumilum Curtis

  • Description

    Species Description - Much like no. 8 [Cerastium semidecandrum L.]; scarious margins and tips of the bracts shorter and less conspicuous; pedicels ± erect; pet equaling or slightly surpassing the sep; notched 1–1.5 mm; seeds minutely papillate; 2n=72+. European weed, casually intr. with us, as in N.J., Md., Va., Ill., Mich., and Ont. Ours is var. pumilum.