Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Cerastium nutans var. nutans
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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Read more about Nodding Mouse-ear Chickweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cerastium nutans var. nutans
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cerastium nutans var. nutans
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Cerastium nutans var. nutans
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-08-005a:
Cerastium nutans var. nutans FAMILY Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cerastium longepedunculatum
COMMON NAME:
Nodding Mouse-ear Chickweed, Nodding Chickweed
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April Buncombe County NC
Sepals ~1/5" long & pointed; petals bisected, as long or longer than sepals, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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April Buncombe County NC
The stem is somewhat pubescent, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Kevin Caldwell kev_c_nutans6
April Buncombe County NC
Leaves are elliptic to lanceolate, sessile to nearly clasping, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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April Buncombe County NC
Leaves 1.5-2" long and 1/4" wide, with a somewhat acute tip, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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April Buncombe County NC
Pedicels long and slender (1-1.5"), much longer than the flower and capsule, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Cerastium nutans var. nutans
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cerastium nutans var. nutans
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cerastium nutans var. nutans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Cerastium nutans var. nutans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-08-005a:
Cerastium nutans var. nutans
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cerastium longepedunculatum
2202
Forb
Annual
Habitat: alluvial forests, bottomlands, moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in SC Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
White or absent
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals (or petals absent)
5 or 10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring
Yellow
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p129
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p009
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p040
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