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| name = ''Cerastium''
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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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.
 
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.
 
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.
  
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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.
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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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==Species==
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| name = ''Cerastium''
 
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
 
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
 
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
 
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| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
 
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| familia = [[Caryophyllaceae]]
 
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| genus = '''''Cerastium'''''
 
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| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
 
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''[[Cerastium arcticum]]''<br>
 
''[[Cerastium arcticum]]''<br>
 
''[[Cerastium arvense]]''<br>
 
''[[Cerastium arvense]]''<br>
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''[[Cerastium nigrescens]]''<br>
 
''[[Cerastium nigrescens]]''<br>
 
''[[Cerastium tomentosum]]'' (snow-in-summer)<br>
 
''[[Cerastium tomentosum]]'' (snow-in-summer)<br>
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'''''Cerastium''''' (Mouse-ear chickweed) is a [[genus]] of [[plant]] belonging to the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Caryophyllaceae]].
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''Cerastium'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including ''[[Coleophora|Coleophora chalcogrammella]]'' (which feeds exclusively on ''Cerastium arvense'') and ''[[Coleophora|Coleophora striatipennella]]'' (which has been recorded on ''Cerastium fontanum'').
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
 
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*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=CERAS&display=63 USDA Plants Profile: ''Cerastium'']
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[[Image:Cerastium arvense.JPG|thumb|left|200px|''Cerastium arvense'']]
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Cerastium arvense


Plant Characteristics
Origin: ✈ ?
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water: ◍ ?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.
Scientific Names

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Read about Cerastium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 
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.CH


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Species

Specieswp Cerastium arcticum
Cerastium arvense
Cerastium biebersteinii
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium glomeratum
Cerastium nigrescens
Cerastium tomentosum (snow-in-summer)

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