European Chickweed, Sticky Mouse Ear Chickweed
Cerastium pumilum
Synonyms: Cerastium glutinosum, Cerastium pumilum ssp. glutinosum
![European Chickweed, Sticky Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium pumilum (Synonyms: Cerastium glutinosum, Cerastium pumilum ssp. glutinosum)](pumilum/pumilum1d.jpg)
What may be european chickweed as seen along the Little Spokane River in the Little Spokane Natural Area........May 23, 2010.
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Close-up photos of the flowers, sepals and inflorescence of what might be european chickweed as seen along the Little Spokane River in the Little Spokane Natural Area.......May 23, 2010. Note the white, scarious margins to the sepals and the large leafy bracts subtending the inflorescence. The stems and sepals are covered with numerous longer, spreading hairs and smaller gland-tipped hairs.
Paul Slichter