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. G. 29:555. Gn. 29, p. 143.—Much used for edgings. E. Z. B.


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Cerastium tomentosum
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Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Cerastium
Species: C. tomentosum

Binomial name
Cerastium tomentosum

Template:Commons Cerastium tomentosum (Snow-in-summer) is a flowering plant.

It grows in a low, spreading clump. The stems are silvery-grey, the flowers white and about 15 mm across.

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