[Chickweeds: The Genus Cerastium East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

What may be european chickweed as seen along the Little Spokane River in the Little Spokane Natural Area........May 23, 2010.

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.