Cerastium alpinum

Cerastium alpinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Cerastium
Species: C. alpinum
Binomial name
Cerastium alpinum
L.

Cerastium alpinum, commonly called alpine mouse-ear[1] or alpine chickweed is a species of mat forming perennial plant. It is native from 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.

References

  1. ↑ "BSBI List 2007" (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. ↑ http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250060035


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