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.