Cerastium rubescens var. koreanum f. takedae("Takanemiminagusa")
Japanese name: タカネミミナグサ（高嶺耳菜草） Scientific name:Cerastium rubescens var. koreanum f. takedae
[Overview]
A perennial 10–20 cm tall, found on rocky, gravelly ground in high mountains.
The stem has a single line of short hairs.
There are basal leaves and leaves opposite on the stem; both are simple, with a single conspicuous vein.
The basal leaves and the lower stem leaves are spatulate, while the upper stem leaves are long ovate to lanceolate, 1.5–3 cm long, and fused at the base.
There is no leaf stalk.
A dichasial cyme at the stem tip bears glandular hairs on the inflorescence.
The flowers are white and 5-petaled; the petals are 0.7–1 cm long, longer than the calyx, and divided in two.
The calyx is ovate-lanceolate to elliptic, 0.4–0.6 cm long.
The fruit is a capsule 0.6–1.1 cm long, splitting into 10 at the tip.
The seeds are 1 mm across and have ellipsoid projections.
