Cerastium arvense L. ssp. strictum Gaudin
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- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Botanical Name
- Cerastium arvense L. ssp. strictum Gaudin
- Common Name
- Field Chickweed
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Not in Flora of Virginia
- Comments
- See also Cerastium velutinum var. velutinum, which was included in C. arvense in Atlas lll. FNA lists both species for Virginia; northern Virginia material has been identified as C. velutinum var. velutinum, leaving the Bedford Co. specimen as the likely source of the record for C. arvense ssp. strictum. Identified only to species, this specimen needs critical re-evaluation under a microscope.
- Habitat
- Reported from banks along the Blue Ridge Parkway on Apple Orchard Mountain, Bedford Co. Rare, mountains (Northern Blue Ridge province).
- Native Status
- Native
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