Cerastium dubium(Bastard) Guépin (= Cerastium anomalum Waldst. & Kit) Three-styled chickweed

Cerastium dubium(Bastard) Guépin (= Cerastium anomalum Waldst. & Kit) - Three-styled chickweed

Scientific Description:

Annual. Stems ± erect, 3−25(−30) cm, sparsely pubescent. Leaves linear to lanceolate, ± acute, sparsely pubescent beneath and on the margins. Inflorescence lax. Bracts herbaceous. Pedicels erect-spreading, longer than the calyces, glandular-pubescent. Sepals lanceolate, 4−5 mm, glandular-pilose, with scarious margins. Petals white, slightly exceeding the sepals, bifid almost to the middle. Capsule teeth flat.

 

Flowering time: April−July.

Habitat: Meadows, fields, slopes, s.1.−2500 m.

 

Reference:

Cullen J (1967). Cerastium anomalum Waldst. & Kit, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2: 75.

Public Description:

Cerastium dubium, commonly known as “three-styled chickweed” or “doubtful chickweed”, is native to Türkiye, southern Europe and parts of Asia. It is a herbaceous annual plant which has thin-structured, glandular-pubescent stems shorter than 30 cm and linear leaves. It blooms between April and July and is found in meadows, fields, and slopes.

 

References:

Anonymous (2017). http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/ts_chickweed.htm, Accessed date: 17.11.2017.

Keskin M (2012). Cerastium L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 329–333.