Weed
big chickweed, common mouse-ear chickweed
True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.
Roughly triangular
Yellow with light brown tubercles
Irregular tubercles with minute projections
HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
in the margin
Seeds are laterally compressed with an angular outline that is often roughly triangular. The hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus). is an open notch on the margin at one of the points. The surface has irregular, flattened tubercles, which sometimes are in concentric rows. The color is light brown to yellow.
Not listed
Not included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet, Cerastium spp.
Caryophyllaceae
Cerastium fontanum Baumg. subsp. vulgare (Hartm.) Greuter & Burdet
Cerastium adsurgens Greene
Cerastium fontanum Baumg. ssp. holosteoides auct. non (Fr.) Salman, van Ommering & de Voogd
Cerastium fontanum Baumg. ssp. triviale (Link) Jalas
Cerastium holosteoides auct. non Fr.
Cerastium holosteoides Fr. var. vulgare (Hartm.) Hyl.
Cerastium triviale Link
Cerastium vulgatum L., nom. utique rej.
Cerastium vulgatum L. var. hirsutum Fr.
Cerastium vulgatum L. var. holosteoides auct. non (Fr.) Wahlenb.
