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
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.
^BSBI List 2007(xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^"Cerastium alpinum in Flora of North America @". Efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
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