Cerastium

Cerastium
	Cerastium arvense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Cerastium; L.
Species
	Over 200 - see text
Synonyms
	List Centunculus Adans.; Esmarchia Rchb.; Leucodonium Opiz; Myosotis Mill.; Prevotia Adans.; Pseudocerastium C.Y.Wu, X.H.Guo & X.P.Zhang;

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Cerastium is a genus of annual, winter annual, or perennial flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. They are commonly called mouse-ears or mouse-ear chickweeds. There are 214 accepted species,^[1]^[2] found nearly worldwide but with the greatest concentration in the northern temperate regions. A number of the species are common weeds in fields and on disturbed ground.

Cerastium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora chalcogrammella (which feeds exclusively on Cerastium arvense) and Coleophora striatipennella (which has been recorded on Cerastium fontanum).

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Cerastium:

Cerastium afromontanum T.C.E.Fr.
Cerastium akiyoshiense Kadota
Cerastium aleuticum Hultén – Aleutian chickweed
Cerastium alexeenkoanum Schischk.
Cerastium alpinum L. – alpine chickweed
Cerastium alsinifolium Tausch
Cerastium amanum P.H.Davis
Cerastium andinum Benth.
Cerastium apuanum Parl.
Cerastium arabidis E.Mey. ex Fenzl
Cerastium araraticum Rupr.
Cerastium arcticum Lange – arctic mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium argenteum M.Bieb.
Cerastium argentinum (Pax) F.N.Williams
Cerastium armeniacum Gren.
Cerastium arvense L. – field chickweed
Cerastium atlanticum Durieu
Cerastium axillare Correll – Trans-Pecos chickweed
Cerastium azerbaijanicum Poursakhi, Assadi & F.Ghahrem.
Cerastium azoricum Hochst. ex Seub.
Cerastium baischanense Y.C.Chu
Cerastium banaticum (Rochel) Heuff.
Cerastium barberi B.L.Rob.
Cerastium beeringianum Cham. & Schltdl. – Bering chickweed
Cerastium behmianum Muschl.
Cerastium bialynickii Tolm.
Cerastium biebersteinii DC. – boreal chickweed
Cerastium × blyttii Baenitz
Cerastium boissierianum Greuter & Burdet
Cerastium borisii Zakirov
Cerastium brachypetalum Desp. ex Pers. – gray chickweed
Cerastium brachypodum (Engelm. ex A.Gray) B.L.Rob. ex Britton – shortstalk chickweed
Cerastium brevicarpicum Rusby
Cerastium × brueggerianum Dalla Torre & Sarnth.
Cerastium bulgaricum Uechtr.
Cerastium cacananense Möschl
Cerastium candicans Wedd.
Cerastium candidissimum Correns
Cerastium capense Sond.
Cerastium capillatum I.V.Sokolova
Cerastium carinthiacum Vest
Cerastium caucasicum Fisch. ex Ser.
Cerastium chlorifolium Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Cerastium comatum Desv.
Cerastium commersonianum Ser.
Cerastium consanguineum Wedd.
Cerastium crassipes Bartl.
Cerastium crassiusculum Klokov
Cerastium cuatrecasasii Sklenář
Cerastium cuchumatanense D.A.Good
Cerastium cylindricum Poursakhi & Assadi
Cerastium dagestanicum Schischk.
Cerastium danguyi J.F.Macbr.
Cerastium davuricum Fisch. ex Spreng.
Cerastium decalvans Schloss. & Vuk.
Cerastium deschatresii Greuter, N.Böhling & Ralf Jahn
Cerastium dichotomum L. – forked chickweed
Cerastium dicrotrichum Fenzl ex Rohrb.
Cerastium diffusum Pers. – fourstamen chickweed
Cerastium dinaricum Beck & Szyszył.
Cerastium dominici Favarger
Cerastium elbrusense Boiss.
Cerastium elongatum Pursh
Cerastium emesenum Mouterde
Cerastium eriophorum Kit. ex Schult.
Cerastium falcatum (Gren.) Bunge ex Fenzl
Cerastium fastigiatum Greene
Cerastium filifolium Vest
Cerastium fischerianum Ser. – Fischer's chickweed
Cerastium floccosum Benth.
Cerastium fontanum Baumg. – common mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium fragillimum Boiss.
Cerastium furcatum Cham. & Schltdl. – Korean mouse-ear chickweed^[3]
Cerastium gibraltaricum Boiss.
Cerastium glabratum (Wahlenb.) Hartm.
Cerastium glomeratum Thuill. – sticky chickweed
Cerastium gnaphalodes Fenzl
Cerastium gracile Dufour – slender chickweed
Cerastium grandiflorum Waldst. & Kit.
Cerastium guatemalense Standl.
Cerastium haussknechtii Boiss. & Hausskn.
Cerastium hemschinicum Schischk.
Cerastium hieronymi Pax
Cerastium hintoniorum B.L.Turner
Cerastium holosteoides Fr. – common mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium huadingense Y.F.Lu, W.Y.Xie & X.F.Jin
Cerastium humifusum Cambess.
Cerastium ibukiense (Ohwi) Kadota
Cerastium igoschiniae Pobed.
Cerastium illyricum Ard.
Cerastium imbricatum Kunth
Cerastium inflatum Gren.
Cerastium jiuhuashanense Gang Yao & J.W.Zhai
Cerastium julicum Schellm.
Cerastium junceum Möschl
Cerastium juniperorum Standl. & Steyerm.
Cerastium kasbek Parrot
Cerastium krylovii Schischk. & Gorczak.
Cerastium kunthii Briq.
Cerastium lacaitae Barberis, Bechi & Miceli
Cerastium × laestadianum H.Samzelius
Cerastium lanceolatum (Poir.) Volponi
Cerastium latifolium L.
Cerastium lazicum Boiss.
Cerastium ligusticum Viv.
Cerastium limprichtii Pax & K.Hoffm.
Cerastium lineare All.
Cerastium lithospermifolium Fisch.
Cerastium longifolium Willd.
Cerastium macranthum Boiss.
Cerastium macrocalyx Buschm.
Cerastium madagascariense Pax
Cerastium madrense S.Watson
Cerastium malyi (T.Georgiev) Niketić
Cerastium maximum L. – great chickweed
Cerastium meridense Linden & Planch.
Cerastium meyerianum Rupr.
Cerastium microspermum C.A.Mey.
Cerastium moesiacum Friv.
Cerastium mollissimum Poir.
Cerastium morrisonense Hayata
Cerastium mucronatum Wedd.
Cerastium multiflorum C.A.Mey.
Cerastium nanhutashanense S.S.Ying
Cerastium nanum Muschl.
Cerastium nemorale M.Bieb.
Cerastium neoscardicum Niketić
Cerastium nigrescens (Edmondston ex H.C.Watson) H.C.Watson – Shetland mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium novoguinense Gilli
Cerastium nutans Raf. – nodding chickweed
Cerastium obovatum Larrañaga
Cerastium octandrum Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Cerastium odessanum Klokov
Cerastium oreades Schischk.
Cerastium orithales Schltdl.
Cerastium × oxoniense Druce
Cerastium papuanum Schltr. ex Mattf.
Cerastium parvipetalum Hosok.
Cerastium parvum (Pedersen) M.T.Sharples & E.A.Tripp
Cerastium pauciflorum Steven ex Ser.
Cerastium pedunculare Bory & Chaub.
Cerastium pedunculatum Gaudin
Cerastium perfoliatum L.
Cerastium peruvianum Muschl.
Cerastium pisidicum Ayasligil & Kit Tan
Cerastium polymorphum Rupr.
Cerastium ponticum Albov
Cerastium porphyrii Schischk.
Cerastium pospichalii Soldano & F.Conti
Cerastium × pseudalpinum Murr
Cerastium pumilum Curtis – European chickweed
Cerastium purpurascens Adams
Cerastium purpusii Greenm.
Cerastium pusillum Ser.
Cerastium qingliangfengicum H.W.Zhang & X.F.Jin
Cerastium ramigerum Bartl.
Cerastium ramosissimum Boiss.
Cerastium rectum Friv.
Cerastium regelii Ostenf. – Regel's chickweed
Cerastium × richardsonii Druce
Cerastium rivulare Cambess.
Cerastium rivulariastrum Möschl & Pedersen
Cerastium ruderale M.Bieb.
Cerastium runemarkii Möschl & Rech.f.
Cerastium saccardoanum Diratz.
Cerastium scaposum Boiss. & Heldr.
Cerastium scaranii Ten.
Cerastium schizopetalum Maxim.
Cerastium schmalhausenii Pacz.
Cerastium selloi Schltdl. ex Rohrb.
Cerastium semidecandrum L. – five-stamen chickweed
Cerastium siculum Guss.
Cerastium sinaloense D.A.Good
Cerastium sinicum Nakai
Cerastium smolikanum Hartvig
Cerastium soleirolii Ser. ex Duby
Cerastium soratense Rohrb.
Cerastium sosnowskyi Schischk.
Cerastium spathulatum Pers.
Cerastium subciliatum Gartner
Cerastium subpilosum Hayata
Cerastium subspicatum Wedd.
Cerastium subtetrandrum (Lange) Murb.
Cerastium subtriflorum (Rchb.) Pancher – Slovenian mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium sugawarae Koidz. & Ohwi
Cerastium supramontanum Arrigoni
Cerastium sventenii Jalas
Cerastium sylvaticum Waldst. & Kit.
Cerastium × symei Druce
Cerastium szechuense F.N.Williams
Cerastium szowitsii Boiss.
Cerastium takasagomontanum Masam.
Cerastium taschkendicum Adylov & Vved.
Cerastium tatrae Borbás
Cerastium terrae-novae Fernald & Wiegand – Newfoundland mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium texanum Britton – Texas chickweed
Cerastium theophrasti Merxm. & Strid
Cerastium thomasii Ten.
Cerastium thomsonii Hook.f.
Cerastium tianschanicum Schischk.
Cerastium tolucense D.A.Good
Cerastium tomentosum L. – snow-in-summer
Cerastium transsilvanicum Schur
Cerastium trianae Briq.
Cerastium trichocalyx Muschl.
Cerastium × triculinum A.Nyár. & Prodan
Cerastium tucumanense Pax
Cerastium undulatifolium Sommier & Levier
Cerastium uniflorum Clairv. - glacier mouse-ear
Cerastium utriense Barberis
Cerastium vagans Lowe
Cerastium velutinum Raf.
Cerastium venezuelanum Briq.
Cerastium verecundum Ravenna
Cerastium verticifolium R.L.Dang & X.M.Pi
Cerastium viride A.Heller
Cerastium viscatum (Montel.) Jalas
Cerastium vourinense Möschl & Rech.f.
Cerastium vulcanicum Schltdl.
Cerastium wilhelmianum Sklenář
Cerastium wilsonii Takeda
Cerastium zhiguliense Saksonov

References

^ "Cerastium Tourn. ex L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
^ Cerastium. Flora of North America.
^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 405. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.

External links

USDA Plants Profile: Cerastium

[powo-1] "Cerastium Tourn. ex L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 June 2023.

[2] Cerastium. Flora of North America.

[3] English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 405. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.

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