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Mouse-ear Chickweeds
Cerastium
Cerastium is a genus of annual, winter annual, or perennial plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. They are commonly called mouse-ear chickweed. Species are found nearly worldwide but the greatest concentration is in the northern temperate regions. There are about 200 species. A number are common weeds in fields and on disturbed ground.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Cerastium fontanum
complexCerastium fontanum
field chickweed
speciesCerastium arvense
Sticky mouse-ear chickweed
speciesCerastium glomeratum
Snow-in-summer
speciesCerastium tomentosum
Little Mouse-ear
speciesCerastium semidecandrum
Alpine Mouse-ear
speciesCerastium alpinum
Dwarf Mouse-ear
speciesCerastium pumilum
large field chickweed
speciesCerastium velutinum
bering mouse-ear chickweed
speciesCerastium beeringianum
One-flowered Mouse-ear
speciesCerastium uniflorum
Gray chickweed
speciesCerastium brachypetalum
Few-flowered chickweed
speciesCerastium pauciflorum
Dahurian chickweed
speciesCerastium davuricum
Broad-leaved Mouse-ear
speciesCerastium latifolium
nodding chickweed
speciesCerastium nutans
Crimean Snow-in-summer
speciesCerastium biebersteinii
Cerastium morrisonense
speciesCerastium morrisonense
Sea Mouse-ear
speciesCerastium diffusum
Regel's Chickweed
speciesCerastium regelii
Arctic Chickweed
speciesCerastium arcticum
Cerastium carinthiacum
speciesCerastium carinthiacum
Arctic Mouse-ear
speciesCerastium nigrescens
Great Chickweed
speciesCerastium maximum
Cerastium nemorale
speciesCerastium nemorale
Short-stalked Chickweed
speciesCerastium brachypodum
Cerastium purpurascens
speciesCerastium purpurascens
Cerastium pedunculatum
speciesCerastium pedunculatum
Gibraltar chickweed
speciesCerastium gibraltaricum
Cape Mouse-ear Chickweed
speciesCerastium capense
Cerastium lithospermifolium
speciesCerastium lithospermifolium
forked mouse-ear chickweed
speciesCerastium dichotomum
Cerastium perfoliatum
speciesCerastium perfoliatum
western field mouse-ear chickweed
speciesCerastium viride
Cerastium subpilosum
speciesCerastium subpilosum
Cerastium sylvaticum
speciesCerastium sylvaticum
Cerastium soleirolii
speciesCerastium soleirolii
Woolly Mouse-ear
speciesCerastium comatum
Cerastium ligusticum
speciesCerastium ligusticum
American Field Chickweed
speciesCerastium strictum
Texas Chickweed
speciesCerastium texanum
Cerastium polymorphum
speciesCerastium polymorphum
Cerastium furcatum
speciesCerastium furcatum
Snow Mouse-ear Chickweed
speciesCerastium arabidis
Cerastium floccosum
speciesCerastium floccosum
Cerastium pyrenaicum
speciesCerastium pyrenaicum
Cerastium inflatum
speciesCerastium inflatum
Cerastium candidissimum
speciesCerastium candidissimum
Cerastium subtetrandrum
speciesCerastium subtetrandrum
Cerastium ramosissimum
speciesCerastium ramosissimum
Cerastium utriense
speciesCerastium utriense
Cerastium banaticum
speciesCerastium banaticum
Cerastium eriophorum
speciesCerastium eriophorum
Cerastium caucasicum
speciesCerastium caucasicum
Cerastium grandiflorum
speciesCerastium grandiflorum
Cerastium undulatifolium
speciesCerastium undulatifolium
Cerastium scaposum
speciesCerastium scaposum
Cerastium schmalhausenii
speciesCerastium schmalhausenii
Cerastium pusillum
speciesCerastium pusillum
Cerastium mollissimum
speciesCerastium mollissimum
Cerastium humifusum
speciesCerastium humifusum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50853.