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Common Mouse-Ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum)

  • Common Mouse-Ear Chickweed (Cerastium Fontanum) https://www.sagebud.com/common-mouse-ear-chickweed-cerastium-fontanum
    Credit: Michael Wolf | Own work | License: CC-BY-2.0
  • Common Mouse-Ear Chickweed (Cerastium Fontanum) https://www.sagebud.com/common-mouse-ear-chickweed-cerastium-fontanum
    Credit: Bff | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL
  • Common Mouse-Ear Chickweed (Cerastium Fontanum) https://www.sagebud.com/common-mouse-ear-chickweed-cerastium-fontanum
    Credit: Me | Ik nam deze foto in Gouda / I took this photo in Gouda | License: PD
  • Common Mouse-Ear Chickweed (Cerastium Fontanum) https://www.sagebud.com/common-mouse-ear-chickweed-cerastium-fontanum
    Credit: Me | Ik nam deze foto op bedrijventerrein Goudse poort in Gouda / I took this photo in Gouda | License: PD
  • Common Mouse-Ear Chickweed (Cerastium Fontanum) https://www.sagebud.com/common-mouse-ear-chickweed-cerastium-fontanum
    Credit: Me | Ik nam deze foto op bedrijventerrein Goudse poort in Gouda / I took this photo in Gouda | License: PD
  • Common Mouse-Ear Chickweed (Cerastium Fontanum) https://www.sagebud.com/common-mouse-ear-chickweed-cerastium-fontanum
    Credit: Me | Ik nam deze foto op bedrijventerrein Goudse poort in Gouda / I took this photo in Gouda | License: PD
  • Common Mouse-Ear Chickweed (Cerastium Fontanum) https://www.sagebud.com/common-mouse-ear-chickweed-cerastium-fontanum
    Credit: Me | Ik nam deze foto op bedrijventerrein Goudse poort in Gouda / I took this photo in Gouda | License: PD
  • Common Mouse-Ear Chickweed (Cerastium Fontanum) https://www.sagebud.com/common-mouse-ear-chickweed-cerastium-fontanum
    Credit: Me | Ik nam deze foto op bedrijventerrein Goudse poort in Gouda / I took this photo in Gouda | License: PD
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Cerastium Fontanum, or more commonly know as Common Mouse-Ear Chickweed, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Cerastium. Its duration is biennial or bi-annual which means it can grow or bloom twice, in the first year and the following year. Cerastium Fontanum or Common Mouse-Ear Chickweed's floral region is North America US Lower 48, Alaska and Hawaii, specifically in the states of Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Cerastium
  • Family: Caryophyllaceae
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Biennial Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (I) AK (I) HI (I) CAN (I) GL (I?) SPM (I)
  • PLANTS Invasive Status: KY





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