Cerastium

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Genus of flowering plants

title: "Cerastium" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cerastium", "caryophyllaceae-genera", "botanical-taxa-named-by-carl-linnaeus"] description: "Genus of flowering plants" topic_path: "general/cerastium" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerastium" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

| image = Cerastium arvense - Acker-Hornkraut Detail.JPG | image_caption = Cerastium arvense | taxon = Cerastium | authority = L. | subdivision = Over 200 - see text | synonyms =

  • Centunculus Adans.
  • Esmarchia Rchb.
  • Leucodonium Opiz
  • Myosotis Mill.
  • Prevotia Adans.
  • Pseudocerastium C.Y.Wu, X.H.Guo & X.P.Zhang

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, 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.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Cerastium_uniflorum.jpg" caption="''[[Cerastium uniflorum]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Cerastium_tolucense.jpg" caption="''[[Cerastium tolucense]]''"] ::

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 in the genus Cerastium have been described:

References

References

  1. "''Cerastium'' Tourn. ex L.".
  2. [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=106150 ''Cerastium''.] Flora of North America.
  3. (2015). "English Names for Korean Native Plants". [[Korea National Arboretum]].

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