Cerastium strictum, June 8, 2020
C. strictum, Lackawanna ridge, 12,500’, June 18, 2021
Common & scientific name
Mouse-ear chickweed, Cerastium strictum
Family
Pink, Caryophyllaceae
Location
Mountain Boy basin, 11,250’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
This cheery chickweed is abundant in meadows and forest openings from the montane to the alpine. It can be distinguished from its close cousin, C. beeringianum, by its scarious-margined bracts; that is, the green, reduced leaves surrounding the bottom of C. strictum’s flower have clear, thin, plastic-looking margins.