Cerastium nutans var. nutans

WeedyIllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Cerastium longipedunculatum Muhlenberg ex Britton Cerastium nutans var. occidentale
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 88.

Stems erect, glandular and viscid distally, often with few long, woolly hairs at proximal nodes. Leaves not marcescent, sessile; blade oblanceolate to spatulate proximally, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic distally, 10–60 × 3–15 mm, apex mostly acute, softly pubescent and glandular. Pedicels usually 1–3 times as long as sepals in flower, elongating to 5 times as long as sepals in fruit. Flowers: sepals ovatelanceolate, 4–6 mm; petals shorter than to slightly longer than sepals. Capsules (8–) 10–12 (–13) mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering throughout growing season.
Habitat: Moist woods, stream banks, meadows, shores, rock ledges, boggy places, cultivated land
Elevation: 0-2800 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.W.T., Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Ala., Alaska, Ark., Colo., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Mont., Nebr., N.J., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"-3timesaslongassepals" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."elongating" is not a number."-3timesaslongassepals" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

perigynous +  and hypogynous +
John K. Morton +
Rafinesque +
elliptic to broadly ovate +  and linear +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
oblanceolate +  and spatulate proximally +
not succulent +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
glandular-pubescent +
lanceolate +
reduced +
herbaceous +  and scarious +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
8 +  and 6 +
cylindric +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
branched +  and 3-21(-40)-flowered +
dish--shaped +
expanded +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Ala. +, Alaska +, Ark. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +  and Wyo. +
0-2800 m +
straight +  and curved +
central +  and peripheral +
pistillate +  and subsessile +
inconspicuous +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
stalked +  and simple +
Moist woods, stream banks, meadows, shores, rock ledges, boggy places, cultivated land +
flexuous +
disc--shaped +  and dish +
not marcescent +
connate +
translucent +  and purplish +
swollen +
with narrow margins +  and herbaceous +
3 +  and 5 +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
deflexed;ascending +
glandular-pubescent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
perigynous +  and hypogynous +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
fugacious +
0-1.5 times longer than sepals +
oblanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Flowering throughout growing season. +
Précis Découv. Somiol., +
golden brown +
0.5mm;0.8mm +
tuberculate +
compressed +  and angular-obovate +
persistent +
distinct +
ovatelanceolate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Weedy +, Illustrated +  and Endemic +
branched +  and simple +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
subterminal +
[30 +  and 5 +
roughened +  and papillate +
distinct +
clavate +  and filiform +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Cerastium longipedunculatum +  and Cerastium nutans var. occidentale +
rooting +  and rhizomatous +
Cerastium nutans var. nutans +
Cerastium nutans +
variety +
not inflated +
divided +
10 +  and 8 +
rhizomatous +  and taprooted +
glandular-pubescent +
19 +, 18 +, 17 +, 15] +, 13 +  and [9 +