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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cerastium tomentosum''
| image = Cerastium_tomentosum.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
| familia = [[Caryophyllaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Cerastium]]''
| species = '''''C. tomentosum'''''
| binomial = ''Cerastium tomentosum''
| binomial_authority =
}}
{{commons|Cerastium_tomentosum|Cerastium tomentosum}}
'''''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.
<gallery>
Image:Cerastium_tomentosum_flower.jpg|Flower close-up
</gallery>
[[Category:Caryophyllaceae]]
[[Category:Alpine flora]]
[[Category:Flora of Europe]]
[[Category:Flora of Estonia]]
[[Category:Flora of the United Kingdom]]
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