Botanical name
Cerastium capenseFamily
CaryophyllaceaeCommon Name
Chickweed, Mouse-ear, HoringblomDescription
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