FIELD MOUSE-EAR 



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Devon, N. Somersets, Dorset, 1. of W'i^lu, Aloninouih, \\'orcesti;r, from 

 S. Wales; and it occurs in N. Wales only in Carn,u-\on, Denbigh, 

 I'lint, Anelesea; and is absent from S. Lanes, Westmorland, Ayr, 

 Renfrew, Peebles, Selkirk, Mid and N. Perth, hi England it is not 

 uncommon, in Scotland it is rarer in the West and N. Mighlands. 



The Field i\L)use-ear turns up here ami there over a wide area in 

 P'ng'land upon the stony heij^hts of the Midlands, and on sandy fields 

 antl waste places in the south and east. It is a sa.xicolar xerophyte, 

 and may be found, on walls and rocks, in situations similar to the 



FlELIi i\l(Jl sl-:-KAR (Ci-rasliiiiii arvi-iisc, L.) 



Cheddar Pink, .Sandwort, Bird's -foot, White Meadow .Saxifrage, 

 Mouse-ear llawkweed. Musk Thistle, and other dry-soil loving specie.s. 



This plant is very rigid, and generally prostrate, with numerous 

 Ijarren shoots which make a kind of turf where they grow, but the 

 flowering shoots are ascending. The leaves are deep-green, linear- 

 lance-shaped, blunt, and fringed with hairs at the base. The stem is 

 brittle owing to jointing. 



The flowers are larger than in the Common Mouse-ear, the petals 

 being twice as long as the calyx, which has membranous margins and 

 tips. The capsule is longer than the calyx, and the seeds are acutely 

 tubercled, numerous, and reddish-brown. 



The plant in llower is usually at most 6 in. In height. It flowers 

 from .\pril and .May till August. It is perennial, increasing by division. 



