#fontanum hashtag - Bluesky

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10 months ago

Common Mouse-ear Chickweed Cerastium fontanum Harrell Forest-Bigfork, MT-May 13th, 2025 #wildflowers #nature #photography #nonnativespecies #harrellforest #bigforkmt #flatheadmt #montana #flatheadlandtrust #Plantae #Anthophyta #Dicotyledoneae #Caryophyllales #Caryophyllaceae #Cerastium #fontanum General Description Perennial forming tufts or small mats with pubescent foliage. Stems 10–40 cm long, trailing and rooting at the nodes. Leaves lanceolate to ovate, 1–3 cm long, rarely fascicled. Inflorescence several-flowered with pedicels up to 1 cm. Flowers: sepals 5–7 mm long; petals 4–7 mm long. Capsule 9–13 mm long Range Comments Introduced throughout North America and the world Habitat Disturbed soil of lawns, trails, streambanks, roadsides; valleys, montane