Family: Caryophyllaceae Cerastium glomeratum     *     Sticky Mouse-ear Flowering time: March - September. Annual Habitat: Common on arable and waste ground, walls, roadsides and dunes. A +/- erect plant, covered with sticky, gland-tipped hairs. Leaves often yellow-green. Dense, terminal clusters of small white flowers, rarely opening fully. Petals and sepals are a similar length. Bracts without silvery margins. Height to 45cm Similar: Common Mouse-ear, C. fontanum

Sticky Mouse-ear, Cerastium glomeratum
Canford Cliffs, Dorset. September 2007