Latin name: Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.
  Pronunciation: sir-AS-tee-um glom-er-AY-tum

  Common name: Mouse-ear chickweed
  Family: Caryophyllaceae (Pink)
  Habitat: Waste places, pastures, roads at cismontane
  low elevations, naturalized from Europe

  Blooming period: February to May
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Cerastium
  2) glomeratum
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