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Cerastium alpinum

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Species of flowering plant in the pink family Caryophyllaceae "Alpine mouse-ear" redirects here. For the moth with this name, see Heterocampa varia.

Cerastium alpinum
Scientific classification Edit this 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 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. 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. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. "Cerastium alpinum in Flora of North America @". Efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
Taxon identifiers
Cerastium alpinum


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