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Mouse-eared Chickweed

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Scientific Name:Cerastium glomeratum

Status:
Native to Europe.
Stem and leaves of Mouse-eared Chickweed
Stem and leaves of Mouse-eared Chickweed
Photo: A J Brown

Plant Description:

Small erect, annual herb with glandular and non-glandular hairs and obovate, elliptic or ovate leaves, 6-25 mm long and 3-9 mm wide.

Flower-head a dense terminal cyme (the main axis and all branches end in a flower). Sepals and petals 5, arranged alternately. Sepals green and hairy, 3-5 mm long. Petals white and cleft from the apex into two lobes and are longer than or equal to sepals. Fruit a narrow-cylindrical capsule, 5-8.5 mm long.

Habitat:
Widespread weed of waste places, cultivated land and gardens. Also occurs in weak, annual pastures and on damp flats and along water courses. Usually indicative of freshwater environments but may grow on the fringes of salted flats during the wetter months of the year.

RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
Central and Northern, Wimmera, Western, GippslandS0, *S1, *S2W0, W1, W2, W3
*may be found on or fringing saline sites during the wetter parts of the year

Comments:
There are a number of introduced Chickweed species occurring in Victoria. A similar group of species are the Starworts (Stellaria spp.), which are mainly natives of swamps and damp woodlands but also includes the introduced Chickweed (Stellaria media), a common weed of cultivated ground.

Mouse-eared Chickweed photos

Opening flowers of Mouse-eared Chickweed
Opening flowers of Mouse-eared Chickweed
Photo: A J Brown
Flower and buds of Mouse-eared Chickweed
Flower and buds of Mouse-eared Chickweed
Photo: A J Brown

Mouse-eared Chickweed flower
Mouse-eared Chickweed flower
Photo: A J Brown

Mature plants of Mouse-eared Chickweed
Mature plants of Mouse-eared Chickweed
Photo: A J Brown

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