Cerastium alpinum L. ssp. alpinum

Cerastium alpinum L. ssp. alpinum

CARYOPHYLLACEAE

- Pink family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Cerastium alpinum L. ssp. alpinum

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 438 (1753)
Rank: subspecies

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Common names

U.S. name: Alpine chickweed

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Cerastium
Species:

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Cerastium alpinum subsp. alpinum
Credit: Photo by Franco Fenaroli

Cerastium alpinum subsp. alpinum
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Comeglians, pendici del Monte Crostis., UD, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Cerastium alpinum subsp. alpinum
Credit: Photo by Franco Fenaroli

Cerastium alpinum subsp. alpinum
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
CAN (LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK), DEN (GL)

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Map for Cerastium alpinum L. ssp. alpinum
(*) 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. squalidum (Raymond) Hultén [141]
2) Cerastium alpinum L. var. capillare (Fernald & Wiegand) B. Boivin [142]
3) Cerastium alpinum L. var. lanatum (Lam.) Hegetschu [139]
4) Cerastium alsophilum Greene [141]
5) Cerastium aquaticum L. [169]
6) Cerastium arcticum Lange var. procerum (Lange) Hultén [127]
7) Cerastium arvense L. ssp. arvense [1492]
8) Cerastium arvense L. var. latifolium Fenzl [143]
9) Cerastium arvense L. var. webbii Jennings [140]
10) Cerastium bracteatum Raf. [127]

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