Flora of Victoria

Annual with slender taproot; hairs glandular and eglandular. Stems erect or ascending, 1–15(–23) cm long. Leaves 2–12 mm long, 1–5(–7) mm wide; rosette leaves oblanceolate-elliptic, petioles to 5 mm long; upper leaves sessile, ovate. Inflorescence lax, few-flowered; bract margins broadly scarious. Flowers (4–)5-merous; pedicels to 5 mm long; calyx glandular-pilose, sepals ovate, 2.5–5 mm long, acute, margins narrowly to broadly scarious; petals more or less half sepal length or less, acute, entire or with 1–2 acute lateral teeth; styles 4–5. Capsule straight to slightly curved, 3.5–7 mm long; seeds reddish-brown, finely minutely asperate-tuberculate, 0.4–0.5 mm diam. Flowers Aug.–Nov.

*EGL, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *LoM, *NIS, *SnM, *VVP, *Wim. Also naturalised WA, SA, NSW, Tas. Native to the Mediterranean area. A widespread and sometimes abundant weed of disturbed ground, lawns and waste places.

Except for Eichler (1965), the name 'Cerastium semidecandrum' has been universally misapplied in Australia to this common weed.

Source: Adams, L.G. (1996). Caryophyllaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Caryophyllanae

order Caryophyllales

family Caryophyllaceae

genus Cerastium

Higher taxa

species Cerastium balearicum Herm.

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Cerastium balearicum in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Cerastium balearicum in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	naturalised
Wimmera	present	naturalised
Glenelg Plain	present	introduced
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	naturalised
Gippsland Plain	present	naturalised
Goldfields	present	naturalised
Northern Inland Slopes	present	naturalised
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	introduced
East Gippsland Uplands	present	naturalised
Snowy Mountains	present	naturalised

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania

Cerastium balearicum Herm.

Balearic Mouse-ear Chickweed

Victoria

State distribution