Cerastium cerastoides

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Cerastium cerastoides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Cerastium
Species:
C. cerastoides
Binomial name
Cerastium cerastoides
Synonyms   [1]
  • Arenaria trigyna(Vill.) Shinners
  • Centunculus alpinusScop.
  • Cerastium argaeumBoiss. & Balansa)
  • Cerastium elegansFisch. ex Ser. in 'DC' [2]
  • Cerastium lagascanumC.Vicioso
  • Cerastium lapponicumCrantz
  • Cerastium obtusifoliumKar. & Kir.
  • Cerastium radiansCrantz
  • Cerastium refractumAll.
  • Cerastium rupestreSer.
  • Cerastium stellarioidesHartm.
  • Cerastium trigynumVill.
  • Dichodon cerastoides(L.) Rchb.
  • Esmarchia cerastoidesRchb.
  • Provencheria cerastoides(L.) B.Boivin
  • Stellaria cerastoidesL.
  • Stellaria radicansLapeyr.

Cerastium cerastoides, the mountain chickweed [3] or starwort mouse-ear, [4] is a flowering plant species in the pink family Caryophyllaceae found in the mountains of Europe.

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References

  1. Cerastium cerastoides at inpn.mnhn.fr
  2. Ser. Prodr. 1: 400 1824
  3. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Cerastium cerastoides". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  4. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 17 October 2014.