An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . 8. Cerastium alpinum L. Fig. 1770. Cerastium alpinum Sp. PI. 43S. 1753. Cerastium Fischerianum Ser. in DC. Prodr. I : 419. 1824. Cerastium alpinum Fischerianum T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 188. 1838. Perennial, generally silky-hairy, sterile stems prostrate,flowering stems erect, 2-i2 high. Lower leaves somewhatoblanceolate or spatulate, dense, 2-4 long, obtuse; upperlea
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . 8. Cerastium alpinum L. Fig. 1770. Cerastium alpinum Sp. PI. 43S. 1753. Cerastium Fischerianum Ser. in DC. Prodr. I : 419. 1824. Cerastium alpinum Fischerianum T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 188. 1838. Perennial, generally silky-hairy, sterile stems prostrate,flowering stems erect, 2-i2 high. Lower leaves somewhatoblanceolate or spatulate, dense, 2-4 long, obtuse; upperleaves distant, ovate-oblong, obtusish, 4-8 long; flowerssolitary or 2-3, 6-9 broad; pedicels slender; petals 2-lobed,twice the length of the lanceolate acute scarious-tipped sepals;pod longer than the , nearly straight. In moist, rocky places Gaspe, Quebec : Greenland, Labrador andin arctic America to Alaska. Also in arctic and alpine Europe andAsia. Consists of numerous races, differing in size of the plant,size of the flowers, character and amount of pubescence. Summer. 7. Cerastium veltitinum Raf. Barren Chick-weed. Fig. 1769. C. velutinum Raf. Med. Rep. II. 5 : 359. 1808. C. oblongifolium Torr. Fl. U. S. 460.
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