Cerastium beeringianum
Caryophyllaceae
Alpine Chickweed
Prostrate stems with leaves, erect flower stalks. Leaves opposite on stems, none at base, small, lance-shaped, without clusters of smaller leaves in leaf axils. Open clusters of flowers. Flowers each in a cup bearing hairs topped with glands; 5 white flower petals lobed, longer than sepals. Grows with grass in alpine rocky soils at high elevations.
- Rarity: Locally Common
- Flowering Time: Mid Summer
- Flower Form: 5 Petals-Many Stamens
- Life Cycle: Perennial
- Height: 1/2–4 inches
- Habitat: Alpine, Subalpine
- Found In: N Cascades NP, Steens
- Native: Yes
