Cerastium arvense

Family: Caryophyllaceae
Common Name: field chickweed
Symbol: CEAR4
Description: Perennial, clumped and taprooted, or mat-forming and long-creeping rhizomatous. Flowering shoots often decumbent, deflexed or spreading proximally; non-flowering shoots present, small tufts of leaves present in axils of proximal leaves. Leaves sessile, spatulate proximally; blade linear-lanceolate. Inflorescences 1-20 flower cymes, pubescence short, gladular, bracts lanceolate, margins narrow, softly pubescent, petals obvate, 2 times as long as sepals, stamens 10, styles 5.