| Cerastium alpinum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Cerastium |
| Species: | C. alpinum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerastium alpinum L., 1753 | |
Cerastium alpinum, commonly called alpine mouse-ear [1] or alpine chickweed, is a mat-forming perennial plant. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to Greenland, Canada and northern Europe. [2] It is grown as a rock garden subject for its many small white flowers and silver haired stems and foliage. There are three subspecies.
