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| Mouseear chickweed - Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare (Hartman) Greuter & Burdet | |||||
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Life cycle:: Patch-forming perennial. Reproduction: Seeds and creeping stems. Leaves: Opposite, dark green, oval to spatula-shaped leaves with pointed tips and smooth margins are densely hairy and stalkless. Stems: Prostrate, spreading stems are capable of rooting at the nodes to form dense patches. Stems are slender and very finely hairy with swollen nodes. Flowers and fruit: Small, white flowers have five petals. Each petal is notched deeply to resemble a pair of petals. Green, hairy sepals surround petals. Fruit are slightly curved, cylinder-shaped capsules that contain many tiny, brown seeds. |
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