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How to Manage Pests
Identification: Weed Photo Gallery
Mouseear chickweed
Scientific name: Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare (Family Caryophyllaceae)
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Mouseear chickweed is a prostrate perennial broadleaf weed with
stems that root at the nodes to form dense patches. Seed leaves
are rounded and lack hairs. True leaves are opposite, rounded on
the ends, and are sessile (attached to the stem without a stalk).
Hairs are prominent on the upper leaf surface and on stems. Small,
white,
inconspicuous
flowers
are formed
in clusters at the end of stems and have five petals. Each petal
is so deeply divided that flowers often appear to have ten petals
rather than five.
Broadleaf ID illustration.
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Text modified from Elmore, C.L., W.B. McHenry, and D.W. Cudney. 1989. Weed control in large turf areas. Chapter 3 in Turfgrass Pests. UC ANR Publication 4053.
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