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Cerastrium beeringianum, July 12, 2021

Cerastrium beeringianum, July 12, 2021

Common & scientific name
Alpine chickweed, Cerastium beeringianum

Family
Pink, Caryophyllaceae

Location
Summit, 12,100

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.