Mouse-Ear Chickweed (Cerastium vulgatum)
Image ID: 2017/mtr199
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Introduced
Family:
Caryophyllaceae (Pink)
Height: 0.5 to 1 ft.
Blooms: May to
September
Leaf Type:
smooth
Bloom Size: 0.25 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Individual flowers,
Regular blooms, 10 or more parts
Location: Montour Trail
Date: 4/28/2017
Notes:
Actually only 5 petals, but they are so deeply incised that there appear to be 10.
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Mouse-Ear Chickweed may be
easily confused with:
- Carolina Whitlow-Grass
Chickweeds have five deeply incised petals, while whitlow-grasses have four.
- Chickweed
Common chickweed has petals shorter than sepals. Leaves on mouse-ear chickweed are hairy and stemless.
- Lesser Stitchwort
Stitchworts have narrow leaves while leaves of chickweeds are ovate.
- Long-Leaved Stitchwort
Stitchworts have narrow leaves while leaves of chickweeds are ovate.
- Star Chickweed
Flowers on star chickweed are about ½-inch across, while those on mouse-ear chickweed are about ¼-inch.
- Whitlow Grass
Chickweeds have five deeply incised petals, while whitlow-grasses have four.
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
