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Horticulture/Cerastium vulgatum
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Mousear Chickweed Cerastium_vulgatum_closeup_002.JPG Cerastium vulgatum Winter annual
Cerastium vulgatum, one of several closely related species referred mouse-ear chickweed, is a low-growing winter annual native to Europe, but invasive in North America.
Description
Low and spreading (but decumbent when in flower), hairy winter annual with white flowers.
Ecology
Invasive in North America, and a troublesome weed of gardens and sparse lawns.
Uses
Control
Effective before flowers are produced in late spring. Effective Effective
References
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