Cerastium

Meikle, R.D. 1977: Flora of Cyprus 1
but modified and names used differing
1Bracts and bracteoles with a conspicuous, membranous-hyaline tip
1'Bracts and bracteoles entirely herbaceous, or with a very narrow membranous margin
2Leaves glabrous or glabrescent, linear, usually acute or acuminate
2'Leaves hairy or glandular, oblong, elliptical, obtuse or subacute
3Calyx 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
4Sepals 8-12 mm long; capsule 15-25 mm long, flask-shaped
4'Sepals less than 8 mm long; capsule 4-10 mm long, cylindrical
5Pedicels usually shorter than calyx; flowers often in dense clusters or condensed cymes
5'Pedicels usually longer than calyx; flowers in open repeatedly branched cymes
6Calyx 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.