Botanical name

Cerastium capense

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Common Name

Chickweed, Mouse-ear, Horingblom
Cerastium capense
Cerastium capense
Cerastium capense

Description

Glandular hairy annual up to 40cm. Leaves opposite, obovate or oblong. Flowers in open cymes, white, sepals 5, free; petals 5, 2-lobed, shorter than sepals. Fruits elongating to twice as long as sepals.

Widespread in South Africa.

Habitat

Sheltered flats and slopes and waste places

Flower Date

September to December