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| name = ''Cerastium tomentosum''
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|common_name=Snow in Summer
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|habit=herbaceous
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| genus = ''[[Cerastium]]''
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| species = '''''C. tomentosum'''''
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|features=drought tolerant, ground cover, fire resistant
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'''''Cerastium tomentosum''''' (''Snow-in-summer'') is a flowering plant.
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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.
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It grows in a low, spreading clump. The stems are silvery-grey, the flowers white and about 15 mm across.
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[[Category:Caryophyllaceae]]
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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Latest revision as of 03:25, 3 January 2013


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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