Cerastium glomeratum

Common Name: 

sticky chickweed

Scientific Name: 

Cerastium glomeratum Thuill. syn. Cerastium viscosum L.

Family Name: 

Caryophyllaceae - Pink Family

Identification Notes

Life Cycle

introduced winter annual, reproducing by seed

Stems

upright to prostrate or ascending, pale green, densely pubescent, somewhat sticky

Leaves

opposite, ovate (oval) to obovate, entire, sessile, pale green, hairy above and below

Flowers

5-petaled, white, small, notched petals, sepal hairs extending past tips