Cerastium brachypetalum

ClassificationDicots
FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Family (Traditional)Caryophyllaceae
GenusCerastium
Species:Cerastium brachypetalum Pers.
Common NameGray Chickweed
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: Europe; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Placentation Type: Free Central; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Barren (KY), Boone (KY), Bourbon (KY), Bullitt (KY), Calloway (KY), Campbell (KY), Carlisle (KY), Christian (KY), Cumberland (KY), Elliott (KY), Fleming (KY), Gallatin (KY), Hickman (KY), Jackson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Kenton (KY), Laurel (KY), Lee (KY), Lincoln (KY), Logan (KY), Lyon (KY), Madison (KY), Marion (KY), Mason (KY), Ohio (KY), Oldham (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Robertson (KY), Simpson (KY), Spencer (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Trimble (KY), Warren (KY), Anderson (TN), Bedford (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Bradley (TN), Cheatham (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Greene (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hancock (TN), Henry (TN), Hickman (TN), Loudon (TN), McMinn (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Meigs (TN), Montgomery (TN), Moore (TN), Morgan (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Smith (TN), Stewart (TN), Van Buren (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, HTTU, KNK, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1965 - 2012

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100370194 Cumberland Kentucky 15 Apr 1999 Ross C. Clark
24203
EKY
Cerastium brachypetalum
31234100370251 Robertson Kentucky 07 Apr 2003 Timothy J. Weckman
7975
EKY
Cerastium brachypetalum
31234100370285 Hamilton Tennessee 16 Apr 1994 David D. Taylor
17780
EKY
Cerastium brachypetalum
BEREA011647 Pulaski Kentucky
BEREA
Cerastium brachypetalum
31973000008516 Jackson Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium brachypetalum
31973000008515 Boone Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092619 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092639 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092646 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092653 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
UCHT011340 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0071305 Simpson Kentucky 24 Apr 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0085193 Trimble Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019546 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
31973000008522 Gallatin Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium brachypetalum
31973000008514 Kenton Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092641 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092656 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092620 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092636 Moore Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092626 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092644 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092638 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092637 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092654 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092621 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
013324 Van Buren Tennessee
BOON
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0090071 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
31234100370186 Cumberland Kentucky 01 May 1999 Ross C. Clark
24351
EKY
Cerastium brachypetalum
BEREA011646 Ohio Kentucky
BEREA
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092645 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092640 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0242163 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092616 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092622 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
UCHT011342 Smith Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0088674 Todd Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0070203 Wilson Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019534 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0027665 Jessamine Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019529 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019549 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019527 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
BEREA011645 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Cerastium brachypetalum
BEREA011644 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Cerastium brachypetalum
31973000008512 Fleming Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium brachypetalum
31973000008519 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium brachypetalum
31973000008521 Lincoln Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092635 McMinn Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092631 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092627 Hancock Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092615 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092630 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019530 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0119535 Cheatham Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0041604 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0090069 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
31234100370228 Madison Kentucky 19 May 1994 Gary W. Libby
OB-839
EKY
Cerastium brachypetalum
BEREA011642 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Cerastium brachypetalum
31973000008524 Pulaski Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092650 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092652 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092618 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092634 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019252 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0076513 Campbell Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0079621 Hickman Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019243 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019539 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0090133 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019552 Morgan Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
31234100370210 Lee Kentucky 17 Apr 1996 Allison W. Cusick
32915
EKY
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092629 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092628 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092642 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092651 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092617 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092624 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092647 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092657 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092655 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092648 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019542 Greene Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0056252 Smith Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0090127 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019548 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019532 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
31234100370202 Elliott Kentucky 13 May 2012 M. Greene
EKY
Cerastium brachypetalum
31234100370244 Marion Kentucky 03 Apr 1999 Ross C. Clark
24161
EKY
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092904 Madison Kentucky
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092625 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092633 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019547 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019533 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019536 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019537 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
UCHT030942 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0076195 Carlisle Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0090131 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0090128 Simpson Kentucky 09 Apr 1990 Kenneth Nicely
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019531 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019538 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
HTTU024520 Cumberland Tennessee
HTTU
Cerastium brachypetalum
UCHT030948 Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019550 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019551 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0055131 Bedford Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019528 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0040914 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
HTTU034950 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019253 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
UCHT030945 Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium brachypetalum
UCHT030947 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019250 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0071307 Logan Kentucky 24 Apr 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019540 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019535 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0071306 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019543 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
UOS02033 Franklin Tennessee 04 May 1970 C. Bickerstaff
UOS
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0019575 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
APSC0051154 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium brachypetalum
UOS02030 Franklin Tennessee 29 Apr 1965 R.F. Daves
UOS
Cerastium brachypetalum
UOS02032 Franklin Tennessee 02 May 1965 A.W. Welch
UOS
Cerastium brachypetalum
BEREA011643 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Cerastium brachypetalum
31973000008523 Mason Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium brachypetalum
31973000008518 Bourbon Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium brachypetalum
31973000008520 Powell Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium brachypetalum
31973000008513 Spencer Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092632 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092903 Christian Kentucky
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092649 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
TENN-V-0092643 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium brachypetalum
UCHT011341 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium brachypetalum
UCHT030946 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium brachypetalum
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