Common names: clammy chickweed, sticky chickweed, mouse-ear chickweed, sticky cerastium

Scientific names: Cerastium glomeratum (C. viscosum)

Seasons of significant use: spring

Characteristics: Introduced, naturalized, annual, cool season forb to 1.0 foot. Stems erect or decumbent; leaves opposite, simple, sessile, hairy on both sides; inflorescences are dense clusters at tips of dichotomous branches; flower petals white, deeply notched; fruit is subcylindrical capsule. Flowers February-May.

Plant community type: Open uplands and bottomlands, and edge situations, especially on sites with soil disturbance. Somewhat shade tolerant.

Comments: A common "weed" found in gardens, flower beds. etc.

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