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|genus=Cerastium
| growth_habit = ?  <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
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|species=tomentosum
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|common_name=Snow in Summer
| wide =     <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
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|habit=herbaceous
| origin = ?  <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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|lifespan=perennial
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|features=drought tolerant, ground cover, fire resistant
| color = IndianRed
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| image = Cerastium_tomentosum.jpg
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| regnum = Plantae
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|image=Cerastium_tomentosum.jpg
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
 
| ordo = Caryophyllales
 
| familia = Caryophyllaceae
 
| genus = Cerastium
 
| species = tomentosum
 
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Cerastium tomentosum, Linn. Snow-in-summer. Perennial, low, creeping, branched: lvs. oblong, spatulate, grayish woolly, upper lvs. lanceolate: peduncles 6 in. high, erect, dichotomous; fls. white: caps, cylindrical. Eu.—Much used for edgings.
 
Cerastium tomentosum, Linn. Snow-in-summer. Perennial, low, creeping, branched: lvs. oblong, spatulate, grayish woolly, upper lvs. lanceolate: peduncles 6 in. high, erect, dichotomous; fls. white: caps, cylindrical. Eu.—Much used for edgings.

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Cerastium tomentosum.jpg


Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: 6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6. to 1 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1.
Width: 9 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 9. to 1 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1.
Lifespan: perennial
Cultivation
Features: drought tolerant, ground cover, fire resistant
USDA Zones: 3 to 7
Scientific Names

Caryophyllaceae >

Cerastium >

tomentosum >


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Read about Cerastium tomentosum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Cerastium tomentosum, Linn. Snow-in-summer. Perennial, low, creeping, branched: lvs. oblong, spatulate, grayish woolly, upper lvs. lanceolate: peduncles 6 in. high, erect, dichotomous; fls. white: caps, cylindrical. Eu.—Much used for edgings. CH


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