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| name = ''Cerastium''
| name = ''Cerastium''
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
| lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
| exposure = ? <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
| water = ? <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
| usda_zones = ? <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
| color = IndianRed
| image = Illustration Cerastium arvense0.jpg
| image = Illustration Cerastium arvense0.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_width = 180px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption = ''Cerastium arvense''
| image_caption = Cerastium arvense
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
| ordo = Caryophyllales
| familia = [[Caryophyllaceae]]
| familia = Caryophyllaceae
| genus = '''''Cerastium'''''
| genus = Cerastium
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
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[[Image:Cerastium arvense.JPG|thumb|left|200px|''Cerastium arvense'']]
Cerastium (Greek for horn, alluding to the shape of the pod). Caryophyllaceae. Mouse-ear Chick-Weed. Decumbent annuals or perennials, used in rockeries or for bedding and borders.
Pubescent or hirsute herbs, rarely glaucous: lvs. small, opposite, entire: fls. white, borne in terminal, dichotomous cymes; sepals 5, rarely 4; petals as many, emarginate or 2-cleft; stamens 10, rarely fewer; styles 5, rarely 4 or 3, opposite the sepals: caps, cylindric, often curved, dehiscing at the top by 10, rarely 8, teeth.—About 100 species of world-wide distribution according to the largest delimitation of the genus; by some authorities reduced to 40 or 50 species.
Cerastiums are of easy culture in ordinary garden soil. They are propagated by divisions or by cuttings taken after flowering and planted in a shady place. They are more or less used for edgings and in rockeries.{{SCH}}
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
Species{{wp}}
''[[Cerastium arcticum]]''<br>
''[[Cerastium arcticum]]''<br>
''[[Cerastium arvense]]''<br>
''[[Cerastium arvense]]''<br>
''[[Cerastium nigrescens]]''<br>
''[[Cerastium nigrescens]]''<br>
''[[Cerastium tomentosum]]'' (snow-in-summer)<br>
''[[Cerastium tomentosum]]'' (snow-in-summer)<br>
==Gallery==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=CERAS&display=63 USDA Plants Profile: ''Cerastium'']
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[[Category:Caryophyllaceae]]
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