Cerastium fischerianum var. fischerianum(Fischer's chickweed, "Obananomiminagusa")
Japanese name: オオバナノミミナグサ（大花耳菜草） Scientific name:Cerastium fischerianum var. fischerianum
[Overview]
A perennial 15–60 cm tall, found on rocky places along the coast.
The whole plant is covered with soft hairs, and the stem also has glandular hairs mixed in.
Tufts of leaves (non-flowering stems) often arise at the base of the flowering stem.
The leaves are simple and opposite, 1–5 cm long and 0.3–1 cm wide, ovate to oblong-lanceolate.
There is no leaf stalk.
A dichotomous cyme at the stem tip bears sparse flowers.
The flowers are white with 5 petals; the petals are 1.2–1.5 cm long, 1.5–2.5 times as long as the calyx, and 2-lobed.
There are 10 stamens.
The calyx is oblong and 0.6–0.9 cm long.
The flower stalks are 1–3 cm long.
The fruit is a capsule 1.2–1.6 cm long that points downward and splits into 10 at the tip.
The seeds are 1–1.2 mm across and have sharp conical projections.
