Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Genus: Cerastium (Chickweed)
Cerastium cerastoides (L.) Britton - Starwort Mouse-Ear
Cerastium dubium (Bastard) Guépin - Doubtful Chickweed
Cerastium arvense L. - Field Mouse-Ear
Cerastium alpinum L. - Alpine Mouse-Ear
Cerastium uniflorum Clairv. - Glacier Mouse-Ear Chickweed
Cerastium latifolium L. - Broad-Leaved Mouse-Ear Chickweed
Cerastium fontanum Baumg. - Common Mouse-Ear
Cerastium brachypetalum Pers. - Grey Mouse-Ear
Cerastium glomeratum Thuill. - Sticky Mouse-Ear
Cerastium semidecandrum L. - Little Mouse-Ear
Cerastium pumilum Curtis - Dwarf Mouse-Ear
Cerastium siculum Guss.
Cerastium diffusum Pers. - Sea Mouse-Ear
<ba>20–40 cm tall</ba>, perennial. <span class="v1">supporting-leaves of the flowers:</span> <b>the lower often herbaceous and without membranous margin, the upper with a membranous margin</b>. <span class="v1">flowers:</span> whitish. <span class="v1">pe...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
extensively used or natural grassland, dwarf shrub heaths