Species

Cerastium semidecandrum

Etymology

Cerastium: From the Greek keras 'horn', referring to the seed capsules of some species looking like horns are they emerge from the calyx.

Common Name(s)

little mouse ear chickweed

Authority

Cerastium semidecandrum L.

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Brief Description

Small annual herb; stem leaves sessile, hairy. Flowers with petals < sepals; sepal hairs glandular but not reaching sepal tip. Pedicels elongating at fruiting stage, longer than the sepals & with glandular hairs.

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

CERSEM

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flowering

Oct-Nov

Flower Colours

White

Year Naturalised

1968

Origin

Europe, Asia minor

This page last updated on 10 Nov 2015