Cerastium glomeratumThuill. Sticky chickweed

Cerastium glomeratumThuill. - Sticky chickweed

Scientific Description:

Annual. Stems ascending to erect, hirsute-pilose, 5−30 cm. Leaves spathulate to broadly elliptic to almost orbicular, obtuse, pilose. Inflorescence congested, many-flowered. Bracts completely herbaceous. Pedicels shorter than to as long as the calyx, glandular-pilose. Sepals 3−5 mm, oblong-lanceolate, with scarious margins, glandular-pilose and with a tuft of long, eglandular hairs at and exceeding the apex. Petals (rarely absent) c. ½ as long as the sepals (rarely longer), claws pilose. Capsule 1½−2 × longer than calyx, opening by teeth with revolute margins.

Flowering time: March−June.

Habitat: Fields, orchards, slopes, s.1.−850 m.

Reference:

Cullen J (1967). Cerastium glomeratum Thuill., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2: 82.

Public Description:

Cerastium glomeratum, commonly known as “sticky chickweed” or “sticky mouse-ear chickweed”, is native to Eurasia but it is known on most continents as an introduced species. It is an annual herb with white flowers and a hairy stem that can reach up to about 30 cm tall. Its leaves and shoots were used as a wild food in ancient China. It blooms between March and June and can be found in fields, orchards, slopes.

References:

Anonymous 1 (2017). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerastium_glomeratum, Accessed date: 17.11.2017.

Anonymous 2 (2017). https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/search/?q=Cerastium+glomeratum+, 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.