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The common name of cerastium arvense is starry grasswort. The stems are eight to twelve inches long. The flowers are numerous and appear in April and May.

Cerastium Arvense

The common name of cerastium arvense is starry grasswort. The stems are eight to twelve inches long.…

"Monstrous flower of a Cerastium; 2. the pistil and stamens separate; 3. the ovary forced open to show the origin of the ovules and the nature of the imperfect dissepiments; 4. a monstrous ovule." -Lindley, 1853

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"Monstrous flower of a Cerastium; 2. the pistil and stamens separate; 3. the ovary forced open to show…