sticky chickweed
Family
CaryophyllaceaeScientific Name
Cerastium glomeratum
Synonyms (former Scientific Names):
Cerastium viscosum
Cerastium acutatum
Cerastium glomeratum var. apetalum
Habit
Sticky chickweed is a flowering winter annual. It only reaches heights of .3dm tall.
Leaves
Leaves are oppositely arranged with entire margins.Leaf shape can be elliptic or ovate. Individual leaves are .3-4cm long and 1-13mm wide with a clasping base.
Flower Seed Head
Sticky chickweed has many tiny white flowers composed of five petals each. Flowers are 3-5mm long.
Seed Fruit
Capsules are 5.5-9mm long.
Where Found
Found along roadsides and fields.
Growth Habit
prostrate and nonwoody
Thorns or Spines
not present
Approximate Flower Diameter
pencil
Dominant Flower Color
white
Flower Symmetry
radial symmetery
Leaf Hairs
has hairs
Leaf Shape
heart
Leaf Arrangement
opposite
Leaf Margin
entire
Leaf Structure
simple
Stem Hairs
has hairs
Stem Cross Section
round or oval
Milky Sap
not present
Life Cycle
winter annual
Ochrea
not present
Plant Type
Herb