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Cerastium vulgatum

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Cerastium vulgatum

Mousear Chickweed
Binomial:Cerastium vulgatum
Type:Winter annual

Cerastium vulgatum, one of several closely related species referred mouse-ear chickweed, is a low-growing winter annual native to Europe, but invasive in North America.

Description[edit | edit source]

Low and spreading (but decumbent when in flower), hairy winter annual with white flowers.

Ecology[edit | edit source]

Invasive in North America, and a troublesome weed of gardens and sparse lawns.

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