. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 2. Cerastium semidecandrum L. Small or Five-stamened Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fig. 1764. Cerastium semidecandrum L. Sp. PI. 438. 1753. Cerastium vitlgatum var. semidecandrum A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 94- 1867. Low, tufted, erect or decumbent, annual, 2'-6' high, finely viscid-pubescent. Leaves ovate, or the lower spatulate, 2"-4" long, obtuse; bracts scarious,
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 2. Cerastium semidecandrum L. Small or Five-stamened Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fig. 1764. Cerastium semidecandrum L. Sp. PI. 438. 1753. Cerastium vitlgatum var. semidecandrum A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 94- 1867. Low, tufted, erect or decumbent, annual, 2'-6' high, finely viscid-pubescent. Leaves ovate, or the lower spatulate, 2"-4" long, obtuse; bracts scarious, mem- branous; inflorescence cymose; pedicels at length longer than the calyx; flowers i"-ii" broad; sepals lanceolate, acute, scarious-margined. slightly exceeding the emarginate petals; capsule narrow, nearly straight; stamens often 5. In dry, sterile soil, Massachusetts to Virginia. Natural- ized from Europe, Called also spring mouse-ear. April- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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