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Himalayan Mouse-Ear Chickweed
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Himalayan Mouse-Ear Chickweed
P Native Photo: Thingnam Girija
Common name: Himalayan Mouse-Ear Chickweed
Botanical name: Cerastium fontanum subsp. membranaceum    Family: Caryophyllaceae (Carnation family)
Synonyms: Cerastium vulgatum var. membranaceum

Himalayan Mouse-Ear Chickweed is a glandular hairy herb with stem slender erect, leaves oblong-lanceshaped pointed. Flowers are borne in few-flowered cymes. Petals are white, notched, somewhat larger than the broadly membranous-edged sepals. Bracts have broad scarious edges, flower-stalks slender. Himalayan Mouse-Ear Chickweed is native to Western Himalaya.

Identification credit: Tabish Photographed in Dhanaulti, Uttarakhand.

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