Common Name: mouse-ear chickweedScientific Name: Cerastium vulgatum L. syn. Cerastium fontanum Baumg. Family Name: Caryophyllaceae - Pink FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed and creeping stems Stemshairy, rooting at the nodes, mat forming Leavesopposite, oval, dark green, very hairy, sessile Flowers5-petaled, white, petals notched deeply (may appear to be 10), sepal hairs not extending past tips; terminal clusters