Cerastium Linnaeus. Common name: Mouse-ear Chickweed, Mouse-ear.
A genus of about 95 species, herbs, especially north temperate but nearly cosmopolitan.
References: Arabi et al. (2018); Arabi et al. (2022); Bittrich (1993) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Gustafson et al. (2003); Morton (2005a) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2005); Pennell (1930); Rabeler & Thieret (1988); Scheen et al. (2004); Sharples & Tripp (2019). Show full citations.
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