[The Pink Family in Denali National Park and Preserve]

Bering Chickweed, Bering Mouse-ear Chickweed

Cerastium beeringianum

Synonyms: Cerastium alpinum var. beeringianum, Cerastium alpinum var. capillare, Cerastium beeringianum var. capillare, Cerastium beeringianum var. glabratum, Cerastium beeringianum var. grandiflorum, Cerastium earlei, Cerastium fischerianum var. beeringianum, Cerastium pilosum, Cerastium pulchellum, Cerastium scammamiae, Cerastium variabile, Cerastium vulgatum var. beeringianum

Flower of Bering Chickweed, Bering Mouse-ear Chickweed: Cerastium beeringianum (Synonyms: Cerastium alpinum var. beeringianum, Cerastium alpinum var. capillare, Cerastium beeringianum var. capillare, Cerastium beeringianum var. glabratum, Cerastium beeringianum var. grandiflorum, Cerastium earlei, Cerastium fischerianum var. beeringianum, Cerastium pilosum, Cerastium pulchellum, Cerastium scammamiae, Cerastium variabile, Cerastium vulgatum var. beeringianum)

Close-up view of the flower of Bering Sea chickweed. Note that the petals are nearly twice as long as the sepals (a characteristic of var. grandiflorum). Photographed on tundra slopes (near a spring) on the southern side of Gravel Mt., Denali National Park and Preserve..................September 9, 2009.

Calyx and petals of Bering Chickweed, Bering Mouse-ear Chickweed: Cerastium beeringianum (Synonyms: Cerastium alpinum var. beeringianum, Cerastium alpinum var. capillare, Cerastium beeringianum var. capillare, Cerastium beeringianum var. glabratum, Cerastium beeringianum var. grandiflorum, Cerastium earlei, Cerastium fischerianum var. beeringianum, Cerastium pilosum, Cerastium pulchellum, Cerastium scammamiae, Cerastium variabile, Cerastium vulgatum var. beeringianum) - Leaf of Bering Chickweed, Bering Mouse-ear Chickweed: Cerastium beeringianum (Synonyms: Cerastium alpinum var. beeringianum, Cerastium alpinum var. capillare, Cerastium beeringianum var. capillare, Cerastium beeringianum var. glabratum, Cerastium beeringianum var. grandiflorum, Cerastium earlei, Cerastium fischerianum var. beeringianum, Cerastium pilosum, Cerastium pulchellum, Cerastium scammamiae, Cerastium variabile, Cerastium vulgatum var. beeringianum)

Close-up views of the flower and stem leaf of Bering Sea chickweed. Photographed on tundra slopes (near a spring) on the southern side of Gravel Mt., Denali National Park and Preserve..................September 9, 2009.

Bering Chickweed, Bering Mouse-ear Chickweed: Cerastium beeringianum (Synonyms: Cerastium alpinum var. beeringianum, Cerastium alpinum var. capillare, Cerastium beeringianum var. capillare, Cerastium beeringianum var. glabratum, Cerastium beeringianum var. grandiflorum, Cerastium earlei, Cerastium fischerianum var. beeringianum, Cerastium pilosum, Cerastium pulchellum, Cerastium scammamiae, Cerastium variabile, Cerastium vulgatum var. beeringianum)

Bering Sea chickweed from Thoro Ridge, Denali National Park and Preserve........June 23, 2002.

Bering Chickweed, Bering Mouse-ear Chickweed: Cerastium beeringianum (Synonyms: Cerastium alpinum var. beeringianum, Cerastium alpinum var. capillare, Cerastium beeringianum var. capillare, Cerastium beeringianum var. glabratum, Cerastium beeringianum var. grandiflorum, Cerastium earlei, Cerastium fischerianum var. beeringianum, Cerastium pilosum, Cerastium pulchellum, Cerastium scammamiae, Cerastium variabile, Cerastium vulgatum var. beeringianum)

Bering Sea chickweed from Thoro Ridge, Denali National Park and Preserve.........June 23, 2002.
Paul Slichter