Cerastium glomeratum

Family	Caryophyllaceae
Subfamily	Alsinoideae
Tribe	Alsineae
Scientific name	Cerastium glomeratum Thuillier
Synonyms	Cerastium acutatum Suksdorf; Cerastium alpinum Bunge; Cerastium apetalum Dumortier; Cerastium caespitosum Gilibert ex Ascherson; Cerastium consanguineum Weddell; Cerastium fulvum Rafinesque; Cerastium glomeratum Thuillier var. apetalum (Dumortier) Fenzl; Cerastium glomeratum Thuillier var. corollinum (Fenzl) Rouy & Foucaud; Cerastium glomeratum Thuillier var. eglandulosum Mert. & W. D. J. Koch; Cerastium hirsutum Muhlenberg; Cerastium ovale Persoon; Cerastium pilosum Fischer ex Ledebour; Cerastium serpyllifolium M. Bieberstein ex Séringe; Cerastium viscosum L.; Cerastium viscosum L. var. apetalum (Dumortier) Mertens & W. D. J. Koch; Cerastium viscosum L. var. consanguineum (Weddell) Rohrbach; Cerastium viscosum L. var. corollinum Fenzl; Cerastium viscosum L. var. tenellum Grenier; Cerastium vulgatum L.; Cerastium vulgatum L. var. glomeratum (Thuillier) Edgeworth & Hooker f.; Cerastium vulgatum L. var. subviscosum Reichenbach; Myosotis vulgaris Moench; Stellaria vulgata (L.) Link; Stellaria glomerata (Thuillier) Jessen
Common name	(Japanese common name) oranda-mimi-na-gusa (オランダミミナグサ, 阿蘭陀耳菜草 [meaning: Duch ears greens weed]), seiyou mimi-na-gusa (セイヨウミミナグサ, 西洋耳菜草 [European mimi-na-gusa])
	(English common name) clammy chickweed, sticky chickweed, sticky mouse-ear chickweed
Distribution	(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
	(Other nations) [native] Europa
Habitat	Roadside, farm yard, rice paddy
Chromosomal number	2n=72
Description	Plants 10-30cm tall. Leaves 5-25mm long, 2-10mm wide. Flowers white, flowering in April to May (also in October to November). Winter annual plants.
Reference	Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.
	Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.
	Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.
Note	Naturalized plants (first discovered at Yokohama in 1912).

November 2006 at rice paddy	November 2006 at rice paddy	November 2006 at rice paddy