Cerastium
Meikle, R.D. 1977: Flora of Cyprus 1 but modified and names used differing
1 | Bracts and bracteoles with a conspicuous, membranous-hyaline tip |
1' | Bracts and bracteoles entirely herbaceous, or with a very narrow membranous margin |
2 | Leaves glabrous or glabrescent, linear, usually acute or acuminate |
2' | Leaves hairy or glandular, oblong, elliptical, obtuse or subacute |
3 | Calyx eglandular, clothed with long, white silky hairs; capsule-teeth very short or obsolete |
3' | Calyx normally glandular, with shorter, less conspicuous eglandular hairs; capsule-teeth well developed |
4 | Sepals 8-12 mm long; capsule 15-25 mm long, flask-shaped |
4' | Sepals less than 8 mm long; capsule 4-10 mm long, cylindrical |
5 | Pedicels usually shorter than calyx; flowers often in dense clusters or condensed cymes |
5' | Pedicels usually longer than calyx; flowers in open repeatedly branched cymes |
6 | Calyx with long eglandular hairs and shorter glandular hairs intermixed; fruiting pedicels curved just below apex; seeds angled, 0.4-0.6 x 0.4 mm |
6' | Calyx indumentum wholly glandular, without long eglandular hairs; fruiting pedicels straight, often deflexed; seeds suborbicular, c. 1 mm diam. |