Cerastium glomeratum
sticky chickweed
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Leaf Arrangement
opposite
Leaf Attachment
clasping
Leaf Margin
entire
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
oblong, elliptic, obovate, spatulate, ovate
Growth Form
forb
Flower Color
green, white
Flower Month
February - May
Height (meters)
0.0 - 0.3
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
introduced
Lifespan
annual
Growing Season
Cool season
Wetland Class
FACU
Prairie Coefficient of Conservatism
-1
Natural History
A common weed that has become naturalized in fields, cleared woodlands, along roadsides and in disturbed and waste places throughout Louisiana and the eastern third of Texas. Now found throughout the eastern United States and California.
Habitat
Fields, roadsides, and waste places.