Cerastium nutans

ClassificationDicots
FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Family (Traditional)Caryophyllaceae
GenusCerastium
Species:Cerastium nutans Raf.
Common NameNodding 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; Duration: Annual; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Margins: entire; 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; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Free Central; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 10
C value 4
StatusNative; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

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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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
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

SynonymFull Citation
Cerastium apricum Cerastium apricum

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: Allen (KY), Bath (KY), Boone (KY), Breckinridge (KY), Bullitt (KY), Calloway (KY), Campbell (KY), Carter (KY), Casey (KY), Clinton (KY), Crittenden (KY), Edmonson (KY), Fayette (KY), Fleming (KY), Franklin (KY), Grant (KY), Harlan (KY), Hart (KY), Hickman (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Knox (KY), Laurel (KY), Letcher (KY), Lewis (KY), McCracken (KY), Madison (KY), Marion (KY), Martin (KY), Mason (KY), Menifee (KY), Monroe (KY), Montgomery (KY), Owen (KY), Pendleton (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Woodford (KY), Anderson (TN), Bedford (TN), Benton (TN), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Cannon (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Cocke (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardin (TN), Hickman (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Jefferson (TN), Knox (TN), Lauderdale (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lincoln (TN), McNairy (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Meigs (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Overton (TN), Perry (TN), Polk (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sevier (TN), Smith (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Wayne (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1953 - 2016

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100367695 Powell Kentucky 17 May 2005 Timothy J. Weckman
9259
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367687 Powell Kentucky Donald K. Walker
437
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367521 Carter Kentucky 22 May 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
10109
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367661 Montgomery Kentucky 08 May 1984 Julian Campbell
105
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367612 Letcher Kentucky 29 May 1978 Jeffrey D. Sole
146
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100369964 Harlan Kentucky 12 Jun 1993 Bryce D. Fields
448
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367604 Jackson Kentucky 01 May 1993 Joe Abner
93-42
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367570 Franklin Kentucky 13 Apr 1981 Richard H. Hannan
6109
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367620 Letcher Kentucky 15 Apr 1979 Jeffrey D. Sole
703
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367505 Bath Kentucky 23 May 1984 Julian Campbell
258
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367513 Carter Kentucky 29 Jul 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
10503
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367729 Carroll Tennessee 17 Apr 1971 Betty Toler Allman
112
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367539 Carter Kentucky 27 Apr 1998 Ronald L. Jones
8445
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367547 Clinton Kentucky 17 Apr 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-79
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367638 Madison Kentucky 11 Apr 1975 J. Stuart Lassetter
2395
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100370335 Menifee Kentucky 01 May 1988 Ross C. Clark
21389
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367596 Hart Kentucky 10 May 1953 Elizabeth M. Browne
6912
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100375219 Madison Kentucky 00 May 1968 Nancy Hill
s.n.
EKY
Cerastium nutans
BEREA011702 Monroe Kentucky
BEREA
Cerastium nutans
BEREA011703 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Cerastium nutans
BEREA011700 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Cerastium nutans
BEREA011699 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Cerastium nutans
BEREA011701 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Cerastium nutans
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 24 May 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Cerastium nutans
ETSU006222 Greene Tennessee 09 May 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Cerastium nutans
ETSU006221 Carter Tennessee 18 Apr 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Cerastium nutans
ETSU008256 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Cerastium nutans
N/A Carter Tennessee 22 Apr 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Cerastium nutans
ETSU005631 Unicoi Tennessee 24 Apr 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Cerastium nutans
31973000008555 Campbell Tennessee
KNK
Cerastium nutans
31973000008563 Pendleton Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium nutans
31973000008564 Fayette Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium nutans
31973000008560 Boone Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium nutans
31973000008559 Pike Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium nutans
31973000008561 Grant Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium nutans
31973000008558 Jackson Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium nutans
31973000008562 Martin Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium nutans
31973000008565 Boone Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium nutans
31973000008556 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium nutans
31973000008557 Bullitt Kentucky
KNK
Cerastium nutans
MDKY00008887 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Cerastium nutans
MDKY00008888 Campbell Tennessee
MDKY
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092805 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092991 Casey Kentucky
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092767 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092809 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092797 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092788 Lawrence Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092756 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092795 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092757 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092992 Knox Kentucky
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092759 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092794 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092789 Lawrence Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092806 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092798 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092768 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092781 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092779 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092791 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092782 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092755 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092803 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092775 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092760 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092776 Houston Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092786 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092804 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092772 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092774 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092802 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092801 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092793 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092993 Woodford Kentucky
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092764 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092762 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092784 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092770 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092787 Lawrence Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092807 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092763 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092754 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092758 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092799 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092783 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092780 Jefferson Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092990 Casey Kentucky
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092765 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092778 Humphreys Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092771 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092753 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092792 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092785 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092761 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092766 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092777 Houston Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092751 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092796 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092800 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092790 Lincoln Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092752 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092769 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0242183 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092808 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0092773 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
UCHT011376 Cheatham Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium nutans
UCHT011373 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium nutans
UCHT011370 Grundy Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium nutans
UCHT011379 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium nutans
UCHT011372 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium nutans
UCHT011377 Cheatham Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium nutans
UCHT011397 Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium nutans
UCHT024669 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium nutans
UCHT011396 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium nutans
UCHT011375 Smith Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium nutans
UCHT011378 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium nutans
UCHT011374 Jackson Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium nutans
013346 Carroll Tennessee
BOON
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019558 Todd Kentucky 22 Apr 1969 Lloyd Settle
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0069955 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019570 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019579 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019288 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0090040 Owen Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019563 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019578 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019554 Todd Kentucky 22 Apr 1969 Lloyd Settle
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0117837 Lewis Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0089868 Crittenden Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019293 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0073144 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0090039 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0060630 Hickman Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019573 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019562 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0090038 Pendleton Kentucky 30 Apr 1983 George Buddell
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019565 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019557 Maury Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019581 Maury Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019582 Hickman Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0055241 Lawrence Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0090035 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0056893 Smith Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0077294 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0069811 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019576 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0090041 Campbell Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0090037 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0077491 Jackson Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019564 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019572 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019286 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019567 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019580 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0090070 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0090036 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0070221 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0111024 Jackson Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019553 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019583 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019574 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cerastium nutans
APSC0019568 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
HTTU013941 Perry Tennessee
HTTU
Cerastium nutans
HTTU014062 Allen Kentucky
HTTU
Cerastium nutans
HTTU034633 Tennessee
HTTU
Cerastium nutans
HTTU026681 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Cerastium nutans
HTTU026682 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Cerastium nutans
MTSU022542 Rutherford Tennessee 19 Apr 1986 Joe Jones
MTSU
Cerastium nutans
MTSU022539 Rutherford Tennessee 03 Apr 1989 Vanessa Schulz
MTSU
Cerastium nutans
MTSU022543 Rutherford Tennessee 11 Apr 1987 John Addison
MTSU
Cerastium nutans
MTSU022533 Rutherford Tennessee 14 Apr 1998 Stephen Hannah
MTSU
Cerastium nutans
MTSU022535 Coffee Tennessee 07 Apr 1994 Charles Lawson
MTSU
Cerastium nutans
MTSU022541 McNairy Tennessee 26 Mar 1989 Brian Boatman
MTSU
Cerastium nutans
MTSU022540 Franklin Tennessee Allan Colyar
24
MTSU
Cerastium nutans
MTSU022537 Rutherford Tennessee 15 Apr 1991 Gina Rigney
MTSU
Cerastium nutans
MTSU022536 Rutherford Tennessee 17 Apr 1992 Ken Ferris
MTSU
Cerastium nutans
MTSU022545 Cannon Tennessee 15 Apr 1980 Landon E. McKinney
059
MTSU
Cerastium nutans
MTSU022544 Cannon Tennessee 07 Apr 1984 L. Stephen Long
8
MTSU
Cerastium nutans
TENN-V-0244289 Houston Tennessee
TENN
Cerastium nutans
UCHT030951 Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium nutans
UCHT030952 Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium nutans
UCHT042234 Cheatham Tennessee
UCHT
Cerastium nutans
ETSU015072 Unicoi Tennessee
14202
ETSU
Cerastium nutans
ETSU015074 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Cerastium nutans
ETSU015073 Tennessee
ETSU
Cerastium nutans
MEM007298 McCracken Kentucky 21 Apr 1968 Raymond Athey
116
MEM
Cerastium nutans
MEM004005 Mason Kentucky 20 Apr 1963 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
6706
MEM
Cerastium nutans
MEM017225 Benton Tennessee 05 Apr 1981 Vernon Bates
2091
MEM
Cerastium nutans
MEM011921 Crittenden Kentucky 28 Apr 1976 Raymond Athey
3300
MEM
Cerastium nutans
31234100367703 Woodford Kentucky 28 Apr 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
2717
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367646 Marion Kentucky 03 May 1999 Timothy J. Weckman
4711
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367679 Montgomery Kentucky 27 Apr 1984 Julian Campbell
44
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367554 Clinton Kentucky 24 Apr 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-133
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367562 Edmonson Kentucky 24 Apr 1980 Richard H. Hannan
3497
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367588 Harlan Kentucky 07 May 2004 Amy V. McIntosh
163
EKY
Cerastium nutans
31234100367653 Madison Kentucky 16 Apr 1996 Allison W. Cusick
32900
EKY
Cerastium nutans
APSC0090034 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Cerastium nutans
HTTU026680 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Cerastium nutans
MTSU022538 Rutherford Tennessee 10 Apr 1989 WCH
19
MTSU
Cerastium nutans
MTSU022534 Rutherford Tennessee 30 Mar 1993 Brad Butler
MTSU
Cerastium nutans
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