Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.
Sticky Mouse-Ear Chickweed
Sticky mouse-ear chickweed is an annual herb with a slender taproot, growing up to 45 cm tall. It has branched stems covered in glandular and non-glandular hairs. The leaves are opposite, hairy, and up to 2 cm long, with basal leaves typically dying back before flowering. The inflorescence consists of small dioecious flowers arranged in a cyme on short pedicels. Each flower has 5 hairy green sepals and 5 white bifid petals about the same length as the sepals. The fruit is a capsule less than 1 cm long with ten tiny teeth.
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Caryophyllales
Caryophyllaceae
Cerastium
The chemistry of Cerastium glomeratum is not detailed in the source text.
The leaves and shoots were used as a wild food in ancient China. In Nepal, the juice of this plant was applied to the forehead to relieve headaches and dropped into the nostrils to treat nosebleeds. The leaves can also be boiled and eaten.
February to May
Up to 45 cm
White with green sepals
Waste places, walls, banks, and arable land
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