familyCaryophyllaceae
subfamilyCaryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae
genusCerastium
speciesCerastium velutinum
Cerastium velutinum var. velutinum
Endemic
Synonyms: Cerastium arvense var. bracteatum (Torrey) Hollick & Britton Cerastium arvense var. oblongifolium (Rafinesque) Britton Cerastium arvense subsp. velutinum (Rafinesque) Ugborogho Cerastium arvense var. velutinum Hollick & Britton Cerastium arvense var. villosum Jennings Cerastium arvense var. webbii Cerastium bracteatum Cerastium oblongifolium
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 91.
Decumbent sterile shoots absent, or when present, short, stems not obscured by overlapping leaves. Leaf-blades linear-lanceolate to lanceolate or narrowly oblong, softly pubescent to subglabrous. 2n = 72.
Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Limestone rocks, woodlands, serpentine barrens
Elevation: 0-300 m
Distribution
Ont., Del., D.C., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Va., W.Va.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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not hooded +
2-fid;acute;obtuse;obtuse +
absent +
spongy +
distinct +
absent +
clawed +
small +
arising +
absent +
1-5-veined +
not succulent +
foliaceous +
paired +
absent +
lanceolate +
reduced +
curved +
longer +
cylindric +
slender +
absent +
woody +
largest +
absent +
5-20-flowered +
congested +
not viscid +
arising +
dish--shaped +
glandular-pubescent +
smaller +
absent +
opposite +
symmetric +
axillary +
inconspicuous +
eglandular +
concentrated +
straight +
spreading +
urceolate +
softly pubescent;subglabrous +
linear-lanceolate;lanceolate or narrowly oblong +
sessile +
overlapping +
connate +
absent +
longitudinal +
convolute +
narrow +
scarious +
absent +
smaller +
swollen +
absent +
distinct +
superior +
campylotropous +
curved +
reflexed;erect +
absent +
spreading +
hooked +
slender +
straight +
central +
surrounding +
annular +
white +
fugacious +
2 times as long as sepals +
absent +
obovate +
absent +
foliaceous +
oblanceolate +
Med. Repos., hexade +
1808 +
arising +
absent +
brown +
0.8mm;1.2mm +
15;150 +
tuberculate +
hooded +
not awned +
opposite +
lanceolate-elliptic +
green +
persistent +
distinct +
herbaceous +
elliptic;ovate +
branched +
decumbent +
flowering +
ascending +
absent +
sterile +
25cm;35cm +
Endemic +
absent +
absent +
herbaceous +
ascending;erect or decumbent +
not obscured +
terete +
subcapitate +
subterminal +
absent +
absent +
distinct +
absent +
glabrous +
perennial +
absent +
slender +
Cerastium velutinum var. velutinum +
Cerastium velutinum +
variety +
not inflated +
tuberous +
erect +
divided +
indehiscent +
entire +
clumped +
perennial +
horizontal +
absent +