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|familia=Caryophyllaceae
|genus=Cerastium
|species=tomentosum
|common_name=Snow in Summer
|habit=herbaceous
|Min ht box=6
|Min ht metric=in
|Max ht box=1
|Max ht metric=ft
|Min wd box=9
|Min wd metric=in
|Max wd box=1
|Max wd metric=ft
|lifespan=perennial
|features=drought tolerant, ground cover, fire resistant
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=3
|max_zone=7
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|image=Cerastium_tomentosum.jpg
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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. G. 29:555. Gn. 29, p. 143.—Much used for edgings. E. Z. B.
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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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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==Species==
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==Gallery==
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Image:Cerastium_tomentosum_flower.jpg|Flower close-up
Image:Cerastium_tomentosum_flower.jpg|Flower close-up
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[[Category:Caryophyllaceae]]
==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 -->
[[Category:Flora of the United Kingdom]]
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
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