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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