Cerastium Cerastium, (L.) Britton

1. C. cerastoides (L.) Britton View in CoL , Mem. Torrey Club 5\ 150 (1894)

(C. trigynum Vili.). Loosely matted perennial; usually glabrous except for a line of small hairs down each internode; vegetative stems creeping; flowering stems 5-15 cm, decumbent or ascending; all stems rooting. Leaves 6-20 x 1-2- 5 mm, pale green, somewhat fleshy, linear to oblong, obtuse, usually curving to one side. Flowers 1-3; pedicels up to 8 cm, slender, glandular; bracts herbaceous. Sepals 4-6 mm; petals deeply bifid; styles usually 3. Capsule oblong, straight, up to twice as long as sepals; teeth patent. Seeds 0- 5 mm, tuberculate. 2n = 38 (36). Arctic and subarctic Europe, southwards to N. England, and on all the principal mountain ranges of Europe. Al Au Br Bu Cz Fa Fe Ga Ge Gr He Hs Is It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, C, W) Sb Su.