Cerastium Cerastium, Curtis

48. C. pumilum Curtis View in CoL , FI. Lond. 2 (6): t. 30 (1777).

Annual up to 14 cm; stem with numerous glandular and some eglandular hairs. Leaves 4-15 mm, the lower oblanceolate, the upper ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse, hairy. Pedicels longer than sepals; bracts scarious for up to | of their length. Sepals 4—5 mm, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acute, scarious for up to | their length, with glandular hairs, and eglandular hairs reaching near to but not exceeding the apex; petals sometimes purple-tinged, equalling or slightly longer than the sepals, bifid for up to i of their length, with branched veins; stamens 5-10; styles 5. Capsule 6-8 mm. Seeds 0-5-0-6 mm, chestnut-brown, finely tuberculate. 2« = 90- 100. Most of Europe, but absent from large areas o f the north and east. All except Az Fa No Rs (N, E). 1 Only upper bracts with a scarious margin; petals 3 times as long as wide; stamens 5 (a) subsp. pumilum

1 All bracts with a scarious margin; petals not more than 2 | times as long as wide; stamens (5-)6-10

2 Petalsc.2 |timesaslongaswide; stamens(5 —)6—10; anthers

0-2-0-5 mm (b) subsp. pallens 2 Petalsabouttwiceaslongaswide; stamens10; anthers0 -4-

1 mm (c) subsp. litigiosum