Family |
Caryophyllaceae
Cerastium glomeratum
Thuill.
Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 1, Pl. CLXIII nº 6; 1966)
Life-form & habit: Glandular-pubescent annual, 10–25 cm tall; stems simple or branched from the base, spreading or ascending.
Leaves: Lower leaves oval-spatulate with attenuate petiole; upper leaves oblong, sessile.
Inflorescence & flowers: Usually very condensed at anthesis, sometimes divided into 2–4 short, repeatedly branched axes, each ending in fasciculate flowers on short pedicels.
Bracts: Entirely herbaceous, acute.
Sepals: Lanceolate, glandular-pubescent, without scarious margins, 3–4 mm long, acute.
Petals: White, equal in length to the sepals, bifid to one-third, with a bearded claw.
Filaments: Glabrous.
Fruit: Cylindrical capsule, slightly curved, twice the length of the calyx, with 10 straight teeth at the apex.
Phenology: Flowers from February to May.
Habitat & elevation: Common in fallow land and disturbed habitats.
Lebanese distribution: Ct. Beirut, Chekka-Hamate, Tripoli; Mi. 'Abey, 'Antoura, Mayrouba; Mm. Roueissat, Sofar, Hadeth, Ehden, ‘Aïn Saoua‘ir, Haret-Beit-Raad; Met. Zahlé; Herm. Hasbaya.
Syrian distribution: Aleppo, Tell ‘Aqibrin, Homs, west of Homs, Hadidi; NLatt. ‘Aïn Haramiyé; H.J. Pont Romain; J.D. Tell Jinah, Tell Qpuleib, Soueida, Salé.
Native range: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central European Russia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Malaya, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Guinea, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen. (KEW)
Introduced into: Alabama, Alaska, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is., Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Crozet Is., Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Easter Is., Ecuador, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, Free State, Føroyar, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Jamaica, Japan, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kentucky, Kerguelen, Kermadec Is., Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Macquarie Is., Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nansei-shoto, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Peru, Québec, Réunion, Somalia, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sweden, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Tubuai Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Virginia, Yukon, Zimbabwe. (KEW)