Common Mouse-Ear (Cerastium fontanum) (16/09/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (narrow field). 5 styles and 10 anthers. Field Mouse-ear has different petals and Sticky Mouse-ear has compact custers of flowers.
Common Mouse-Ear (Cerastium fontanum) (25/05/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fields).
Common Mouse-Ear (Cerastium fontanum) (16/09/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (narrow field).
Common Mouse-Ear (Cerastium fontanum) (09/05/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fields). Common Mouse-ear has a distinctly sprawling array of flower heads unlike Sticky Mouse-ear which has compact clusters of flowers.
Common Mouse-Ear (Cerastium fontanum) (09/05/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (fields). It only branches near the top.
Common Mouse-Ear (Cerastium fontanum) (12/04/2020) Southbank Equestrian, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (fields).
Common Mouse-Ear (Cerastium fontanum) (02/05/2022) Woods Mill Nature Reserve, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (field at the back of the reserve). This is my little finger so you can see how small these flowers are.
Common Mouse-Ear (Cerastium fontanum) (09/05/2020) Southbank Equestrian, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (fields). The giz of the plant - it can be tufted or matted, here tufted.
Common Mouse-Ear (Cerastium fontanum) (04/07/2019) Southbank Equestrian, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (fields). Here the plant is more matted than tufted.
Common Mouse-Ear (Cerastium fontanum) (18/04/2022) Field leading to Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. It's definitely not Sticky Mouse-ear as there are no glandular hairs on this plant.
Common Mouse-Ear (Cerastium fontanum) (18/04/2022) Field leading to Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex.
Common Mouse-Ear (Cerastium fontanum) (02/05/2022) Woods Mill Nature Reserve, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (field at the back of the reserve).
Common Mouse-Ear (Cerastium fontanum) (09/05/2020) Southbank Equestrian, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (fields). Classic hairy Common Mouse-ear leaves and stem, but without the mostly glandular hairs of Sticky Mouse-ear.
Common Mouse-Ear (Cerastium fontanum) (25/05/2021) Southbank Equestrian, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (fields). Absence of glandular hairs, unlike Sticky Mouse-Ear.
Common Mouse-Ear (Cerastium fontanum) (18/04/2022) Field leading to Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. A fruit.
Common Mouse-Ear (Cerastium fontanum) (16/09/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (narrow field). This is a spent seed casing. They always have this bend in them and have 10 teeth.