Cerastium nutans var. obtectum Kearney & Peebles

Stems erect, stout, with straggling basal shoots, glandular and viscid distrally, woolly-pubescent proximally, sometimes densely so. Leaves often marcescent, sessile; midstem leaves with blades narrowly lanceolate-triangular, broadest at base (similar to C. fastigiatum but broader), 25-32 × 4-7 mm, apex mostly acute, woolly-pubescent, sometimes densely so. Pedicels 1.5-3 times as long as capsule. Flowers: sepals 5-6 mm; petals ca. 1.5 times as long as sepals. Capsules 12-13 × 3 mm. 2n = 34.