Cerastium alpinum L.
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
- Pink family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Cerastium alpinum L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 438 (1753)
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Alpine chickweed
English name: alpine mouse-ear English name: alpine mouse-ear chickweed
French name: céraiste alpin
Italian name: Peverina alpina
Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Cerastium alpinum L. ssp. alpinum
2) Cerastium alpinum L. ssp. lanatum (Lam.) Ces.
3) Cerastium alpinum L. ssp. squalidum (Raymond) Hultén
4) Cerastium alpinum L. var. capillare (Fernald & Wiegand) B. Boivin
5) Cerastium alpinum L. var. lanatum (Lam.) Hegetschu
6) Cerastium alpinum L. var. uniflorum Durand
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Cerastium
Species:
Page counter: 1623 ( AVG: 221.77 / 290.696 )
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Cerastium alpinum
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Cerastium alpinum
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la
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Cerastium alpinum
Credit: Photo by Franco Fenaroli
Cerastium alpinum
Credit: Photo by Franco Fenaroli
Cerastium alpinum
C. Hoffmann - Botanischer Bilder-Atlas (1884) - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
CAN (LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK), DEN (GL)
Map for Cerastium alpinum L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Cerastium alpinum L. ssp. alpinum [813]
2) Cerastium alpinum L. ssp. squalidum (Raymond) Hultén [139]
3) Cerastium alpinum L. var. capillare (Fernald & Wiegand) B. Boivin [140]
4) Cerastium alpinum L. var. uniflorum Durand [90]
5) Cerastium angustatum Greene [90]
6) Cerastium arcticum Lange ssp. procerum (Lange) Böcher [95]
7) Cerastium arvense L. [2319]
8) Cerastium arvense L. var. fuegianum Hook. f. [132]
9) Cerastium arvense L. var. viscidulum Gremli [151]
10) Cerastium brachypodum (Engelm. ex A. Gray) B.L. Rob. var. compactum B.L. Rob. [124]
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