Cerastium fontanum subsp. triviale (Link) Jalas
 
FamilyCaryophyllaceae — APG family: Caryophyllaceae
SynonymsCerastium triviale Link, Cerastium holosteoides E. Fries., Cerastium caespitosum Gilib., Cerastium vulgatum L.
DescriptionGrayish-green, short-pubescent, sometimes viscid, loosely caespitose, with de- pressed, leafy basal shoots; stem with long internodes; leaves oblong to narrowly ovate; flowers in terminal cymes; bracts broadly scarious-margined; sepals ovate- lanceolate, acute, hirsute, scarious-margined, of about same length as petals; styles 5; capsule curved, twice as long as sepals.
EcologyAn introduced weed. C. fontanum described from Transylvania, subsp. triviale from Europe, Asia, and North Africa.
Hultén's Flora About

This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.