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Cerastium furcatum Cham. & Schltdl.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Cerastium

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 15--55 cm tall. Stems caespitose or simple, suberect, villous, distally both villous and glandular pubescent. Basal leaves spatulate; cauline leaves ovate-lanceolate, 1--3 × 0.4--1.1 cm, base rounded or cuneate, apex obtuse or acute. Cyme spreading; bracts leaflike. Pedicel slender, 1--3.5 cm, densely pubescent and glandular pubescent, recurved in fruit. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, ca. 5 mm, pubescent, margin broadly membranous. Petals oblong or obovate, 1.5--2 × as long as sepals, base ciliate, apex 2-lobed. Stamens sparsely villous. Styles 5. Capsule cylindric, ca. 2 × as long as calyx. Seeds brown, compressed globose, tuberculate. Fl. May--Aug, fr. Jul--Sep.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It is 15-55 cm tall. The leaves at the base are spoon shaped. The leaves on the stem are oval or sword shaped. They are 1-3 cm long by 0.5-1 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.53
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows on forest margins, mountain valleys, hillsides and summits, meadows between 1200–3800 m. in China. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Alpine areas in C. Japan. Forest margins, mountain valleys, meadows, hillsides and summits at elevations of 1200-3800 metres in China.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

Usage

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Edible leaves stems
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Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 5 - 10
Germination temperacture (C°) 15
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Images

Cerastium furcatum unspecified picture

Distribution

Cerastium furcatum world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Russian Federation

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:152263-1
WFO ID wfo-0000595587
COL ID SK8Q
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cerastium amurense Cerastium furcatum Cerastium koreanum Cerastium rigidum Cerastium rubescens Cerastium rubescens f. takedae Cerastium ciliatulum Cerastium ciliatum Cerastium rubescens f. tetraschistum Cerastium takedae Cerastium rubescens var. koreanum Cerastium rubescens var. tetraschistum Cerastium vulgatum var. brevifolium Cerastium ciliatum var. acutifolium Cerastium ciliatum var. brevifolium Cerastium furcatum f. takedae Cerastium vulgatum var. acutifolium Urera oligoloba var. seyrigiana
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