Cerastium nutans var. nutans

Stems erect, glandular and viscid distally, often with few long, woolly hairs at proximal nodes. Leaves not marcescent, sessile; blade oblanceolate to spatulate proximally, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic distally, 10–60 × 3–15 mm, apex mostly acute, softly pubescent and glandular. Pedicels usually 1–3 times as long as sepals in flower, elongating to 5 times as long as sepals in fruit. Flowers: sepals ovate-lanceolate, 4–6 mm; petals shorter than to slightly longer than sepals. Capsules (8–)10–12(–13) mm. 2n = 36.

Phenology: Flowering throughout growing season.
Habitat: Moist woods, stream banks, meadows, shores, rock ledges, boggy places, cultivated land
Elevation: 0-2800 m

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.W.T., Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Ala., Alaska, Ark., Colo., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Mont., Nebr., N.J., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo.

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