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Cerastium fontanum

Importance

A perennial plant, seeds germinating in spring. Common throughout the UK in both arable and grassland.

1. Small oval cotyledons: 4-5 mm.

2. Ovate leaves opposite in pairs with conspicuous dense short hairs.

3. Small white flowers with cleft.

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