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Cerastium triviale

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Type? of Cerastium triviale Link forma recedens Wiesb. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Cerastium thomasii Ten. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Holotype of Cerastium vulgatum L. var. murale Gren. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Syntype of Cerastium triviale Link variety nemorale R. Uechtr. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Type? of Cerastium triviale Link variety nemorale R. Uechtr. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Type of Cerastium nepalense Wall. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Syntype of Cerastium triviale Link variety nemorale R. Uechtr. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Syntype of Cerastium triviale Link variety nemorale R. Uechtr. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Filed as Cerastium fontanum Baumg. subsp. vulgare (Hartman) Greuter & Burdet [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Filed as Cerastium fontanum Baumg. subsp. vulgare (Hartman) Greuter & Burdet [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Syntype of Cerastium triviale Link variety nemorale R. Uechtr. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Isotype of Cerastium triviale Link var. angustifolium Kotil. & Salmi [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
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Identification
Cerastium fontanum Baumg. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by K. Victor (JE), 2010 Cerastium triviale Link [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE ] Verified by K. Victor (JE), 2010
Related name
  • Cerastium grandiflorum
  • Cerastium alpinum
  • Cerastium fontanum
  • Cerastium triviale
  • Cerastium thomasii

Flora

Entry for Cerastium fontanum Baumgarten subsp. vulgare (Hartman) Greuter & Burdet [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 5,
Names
Cerastium fontanum Baumgarten subsp. vulgare (Hartman) Greuter & Burdet [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE], Willdenowia, 12: 37. 1982
Cerastium vulgare Hartman [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE], Handb. Skand. Fl., 182. 1820
Cerastium caespitosum Gilibert [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Cerastium fontanum subsp. triviale (Link) Jalas [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Cerastium triviale Link [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Cerastium vulgatum Linnaeus var. hirsutum Fries [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
John K. Morton
Information
Plants perennial (very rarely annual). Inflorescences usually eglandular, occasionally viscid and glandular. Petals equaling sepals. Capsules 9–13 mm. Seeds 0.4–0.9 mm; tubercles small. 2n = ca. 122–152, usually 144.
Altitude range
0–3000 m;
Distribution
GreenlandSt. Pierre and MiquelonEuropeintroduced worldwide.USA Ala.USA AlaskaUSA Ariz.USA Ark.USA Calif.USA Colo.USA Conn.USA Del.USA D.C.USA Fla.USA Ga.USA IdahoUSA Ill.USA Ind.USA IowaUSA Kans.USA Ky.USA La.USA MaineUSA Md.USA Mass.USA Mich.USA Minn.USA Miss.USA Mo.USA Mont.USA Nebr.USA Nev.USA N.H.USA N.J.USA N.Mex.USA N.Y.USA N.C.USA N.Dak.USA OhioUSA Okla.USA Oreg.USA Pa.USA R.I.USA S.C.USA S.Dak.USA Tenn.USA Tex.USA UtahUSA Vt.USA Va.USA Wash.USA W.Va.USA Wis.USA Wyo.Canada Alta.Canada B.C.Canada Man.Canada N.B.Canada Nfld. and Labr.Canada N.W.T.Canada N.S.Canada Ont.Canada P.E.I.Canada Que.Canada Sask.Canada Yukon
Discussion
Small annual forms of subsp. vulgare can be difficult to separate from Cerastium pumilum. The latter has smaller capsules, narrower and sharply acute sepals, and short, glandular hairs on the sepals, bracts, and inflorescence.
Native/Introduced
introduced;

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