Mouseear Chickweed

(Cerastium fontanum)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habit: Erect to spreading tufted mat-forming perennial herb

Root anatomy: Shallow, frail, nearly transparent fibrous roots from slender taproot

Leaf anatomy: Oppositely arranged, dull green, oval to elliptic, weakly nerved, upper surface and bottom veins pubescent

Reproduction: Clusters of 3 at ends of stems, white petals; capsule fruit

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}