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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cerastium''
| image = Illustration Cerastium arvense0.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Cerastium arvense''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
| familia = [[Caryophyllaceae]]
| genus = '''''Cerastium'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''[[Cerastium arcticum]]''<br>
''[[Cerastium arvense]]''<br>
''[[Cerastium biebersteinii]]''<br>
''[[Cerastium fontanum]]''<br>
''[[Cerastium glomeratum]]''<br>
''[[Cerastium nigrescens]]''<br>
''[[Cerastium tomentosum]]'' (snow-in-summer)<br>
et al.
}}
'''''Cerastium''''' (Mouse-ear chickweed) is a [[genus]] of [[plant]] belonging to the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Caryophyllaceae]].
''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'').
==External links==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=CERAS&display=63 USDA Plants Profile: ''Cerastium'']
[[Image:Cerastium arvense.JPG|thumb|left|200px|''Cerastium arvense'']]
{{clear}}
[[Category:Caryophyllaceae]]
{{Caryophyllales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cerastium''
| image = Illustration Cerastium arvense0.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Cerastium arvense''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
| familia = [[Caryophyllaceae]]
| genus = '''''Cerastium'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''[[Cerastium arcticum]]''<br>
''[[Cerastium arvense]]''<br>
''[[Cerastium biebersteinii]]''<br>
''[[Cerastium fontanum]]''<br>
''[[Cerastium glomeratum]]''<br>
''[[Cerastium nigrescens]]''<br>
''[[Cerastium tomentosum]]'' (snow-in-summer)<br>
et al.
}}
'''''Cerastium''''' (Mouse-ear chickweed) is a [[genus]] of [[plant]] belonging to the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Caryophyllaceae]].
''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'').
==External links==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=CERAS&display=63 USDA Plants Profile: ''Cerastium'']
[[Image:Cerastium arvense.JPG|thumb|left|200px|''Cerastium arvense'']]
{{clear}}
[[Category:Caryophyllaceae]]
{{Caryophyllales-stub}}
