Cerastium beeringianum
(Bering Chickweed)
Cerastium beeringianum, Lake Dillon, Summit Co. 4867
Cerastium beeringianum, Upper Crystal Lake, Summit Co. 0116
Cerastium beeringianum, Upper Crystal Lake, Summit Co. 0034
Cerastium beeringianum, Upper Crystal Lake, Summit Co. 0120
Cerastium beeringianum, Lake Dillon, Summit Co. 4863
Cerastium beeringianum, Upper Crystal Lake, Summit Co. 0036
Cerastium beeringianum, Upper Crystal Lake, Summit Co. 0038
| Scientific Name | Cerastium beeringianum | USDA PLANTS Symbol | CEBE2 |
| Common Name | Bering Chickweed, Bering Sea Mouse-ear Chickweed | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 19944 |
| Family | Caryophyllaceae (Pink) | SEINet Reference | Click Here |
| Description |
Life zones and habitat: Montane to alpine (9500 to 14100 ft.); gravelly soils in meadows, tundra, open woodlands, talus and rocky slopes. Plant: Perennial in loose to dense clumps or mats with spreading and ascending stems, 2 to 8 inches tall; flowering stems are usually erect; lower stem portions are smooth often becoming densely pubescent further up and hairs may be glandular. Leaves: On the flowering stems the leaves are sessile and lanceolate, 0.2 to 0.8 inches long and less than 0.2 inches wide, with a pointed tip and covered with pubescent hairs; leaves on lower and nonflowering stems are petiolate, oblanceolate or spatulate with rounded tips, more or less pubescent and mostly not glandular. No small tufts of leaves in the axils. Inflorescence: Open cymes with 3 to 10 flowers on erect to nodding pedicels 0.2 to 1.2 inches long densely covered with glandular and eglandular hairs; sepals narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate elliptic, mostly about 0.2 inches long or less, usually covered with glandular hairs; corollas with 5 white petals equaling or (rarely) to 2 times as long as sepals, with deeply 2-lobed tips; 10 stamens and 5 styles. Bloom Period: June to August. References: "Flora of Colorado" by Jennifer Ackerfield, SEINet, Flora of North America and American Southwest. |
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Colorado Status: Native |
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