Cerastium beeringianum, July 13, 2022
Common & scientific name
Alpine chickweed, Cerastium beeringianum
Family
Pink, Caryophyllaceae
Location
Summit, 12,200
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
How to tell this flower apart from the more common (but similarly situated—read “high”) C. arvense var. strictum: the edges of this chickweed’s bract are NOT “scarious,” aka translucent, and its sepals are glandular.