Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Field chickweed

Cerastium arvense

Description:

It takes the form of a mat, clump, creeper, or upright flower, and may grow from a taproot or tangled system of rhizomes. It is usually somewhat hairy in texture, often with glandular hairs. The leaves are linear, lance-shaped, or oblong, and a few centimeters in length. The inflorescence may consist of a single flower to a dense cluster of many. The flower has five white petals, each with two lobes, and five hairy green sepals at the base. The fruit is a capsule up to 1.5 centimeters long with ten tiny teeth at the tip. It contains several brown seeds.

Habitat:

It is a widespread species, occurring throughout Europe and North America, as well as parts of South America.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

No Comments

The MnMs
Spotted by
The MnMs

Oud-Heverlee, Vlaanderen, Belgium

Spotted on Apr 28, 2012
Submitted on May 9, 2012

Related Spottings

Field chickweed Field Chickweed Field Chickweed Field Chickweed

Nearby Spottings

Fieldfare Greater celandine Annual honesty Sheep

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team