Cerastium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Alsineae
Genus: Cerastium
Species: C. afromontanum – C. akiyoshiense – C. aleuticum – C. alexeenkoanum – C. alpinum – C. alsinifolium – C. amanum – C. annae – C. arabidis – C. araraticum – C. arcticum – C. argenteum – C. argentinum – C. arvense – C. atlanticum – C. axillare – C. azerbaijanicum – C. baischanense – C. banaticum – C. barberi – C. beeringianum – C. behmianum – C. bialynickii – C. biebersteinii – C. borisii – C. brachypetalum – C. brachypodum – C. brevicarpicum – C. candicans – C. candidissimum – C. capense – C. capillatum – C. carinthiacum – C. cerastoides – C. chilense – C. chlorifolium – C. comatum – C. commersonianum – C. crassipes – C. crassiusculum – C. cuatrecasasii – C. cuchumatanense – C. dagestanicum – C. danguyi – C. davuricum – C. decalvans – C. deschatresii – C. dichotomum – C. dicrotrichum – C. diffusum – C. dinaricum – C. dominici – C. dubium – C. eriophorum – C. fastigiatum – C. fischerianum – C. flavescens – C. floccosum – C. fontanum – C. fragillimum – C. furcatum – C. gibraltaricum – C. glomeratum – C. glutinosum – C. gnaphalodes – C. gracile – C. grandiflorum – C. guatemalense – C. haussknechtii – C. hieronymi – C. hintoniorum – C. holosteoides – C. humifusum – C. ibukiense – C. illyricum – C. imbricatum – C. inflatum – C. julicum – C. junceum – C. juniperorum – C. kasbek – C. kotschyi – C. kunthii – C. lacaitae – C. lanceolatum – C. latifolium – C. lazicum – C. ligusticum – C. limprichtii – C. lineare – C. lithospermifolium – C. longifolium – C. macranthum – C. macrocalyx – C. macrocarpum – C. madrense – C. malyi – C. maximum – C. meridense – C. microspermum – C. moesiacum – C. mollissimum – C. morrisonense – C. mucronatum – C. multiflorum – C. nanum – C. nemorale – C. neoscardicum – C. novoguinense – C. nutans – C. octandrum – C. odessanum – C. oreades – C. orithales – C. papuanum – C. parvipetalum – C. pauciflorum – C. pedunculare – C. pedunculatum – C. perfoliatum – C. persicum – C. peruvianum – C. pisidicum – C. polymorphum – C. pospichalii – C. pumilum – C. purpurascens – C. purpusii – C. pusillum – C. pyrenaicum – C. qingliangfengicum – C. racemosum – C. ramigerum – C. rectum – C. regelii – C. rivulare – C. rivulariastrum – C. ruderale – C. runemarkii – C. saccardoanum – C. scaposum – C. scaranii – C. schischkinii – C. schizopetalum – C. semidecandrum – C. siculum – C. sinaloense – C. smolikanum – C. soleirolii – C. soratense – C. sordidum – C. stenopetalum – C. subciliatum – C. subpilosum – C. subspicatum – C. subtriflorum – C. supramontanum – C. svanicum – C. sventenii – C. sylvaticum – C. szechuense – C. szowitsii – C. takasagomontanum – C. taschkendicum – C. tenoreanum – C. terrae-novae – C. texanum – C. theophrasti – C. thomasii – C. thomsonii – C. tianschanicum – C. tolucense – C. tomentosum – C. transsilvanicum – C. trianae – C. trichocalyx – C. tucumanense – C. undulatifolium – C. uniflorum – C. utriense – C. vagans – C. velutinum – C. venezuelanum – C. verecundum – C. verticifolium – C. viride – C. viscatum – C. vourinense – C. vulcanicum – C. wilhelmianum – C. wilsonii – C. zhiguliense
Name

Cerastium L. Sp. Pl. 1: 437 (1753)

Type species: Cerastium arvense L. Sp. Pl. 1: 438 (1753)

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 437. Reference page.

Additional references

Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Open access Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2017. Cerastium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 May 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Cerastium. Published online. Accessed: May 22 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Cerastium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 May 22.

Vernacular names
azərbaycanca: Dəlicincilim
беларуская: Ясколка
kaszëbsczi: Rogùtka
čeština: rožec
dansk: Hønsetarm
Deutsch: Hornkräuter
English: Chickweeds
español: Cerastium
eesti: Kadakkaer
فارسی: دانه مرغ
suomi: Härkit
français: Céraiste
hornjoserbsce: Bělenk
magyar: Madárhúr
հայերեն: Ճռճռուկ
italiano: Peverina
日本語: ミミナグサ属
ქართული: პირთეთრა
қазақша: Мүйізшөп
lietuvių: Glažutė
македонски: Рожец
norsk nynorsk: Storarveslekta
norsk: Storarveslekta
polski: Rogownica
русский: Ясколка
slovenčina: rožec
svenska: Arvar
українська: Роговик
中文: 卷耳属

Cerastium is a genus of annual, winter annual, or perennial plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. They are commonly called mouse-ear chickweed. Species are found nearly worldwide but the greatest concentration is in the northern temperate regions. There are about 200 species.[1][2] A number are common weeds in fields and on disturbed ground.
Cerastium uniflorum

Cerastium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora chalcogrammella (which feeds exclusively on Cerastium arvense) and Coleophora striatipennella (which has been recorded on Cerastium fontanum).
Selected species

Cerastium aleuticum – Aleutian chickweed
Cerastium alpinum – alpine chickweed
Cerastium arcticum – arctic mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium arvense – field chickweed
Cerastium axillare – Trans-Pecos chickweed
Cerastium beeringinanum – Bering chickweed
Cerastium bialynickii
Cerastium biebersteinii – boreal chickweed
Cerastium brachypetalum – gray chickweed
Cerastium brachypodum – shortstalk chickweed
Cerastium cerastoides – mountain chickweed
Cerastium dichotomum – forked chickweed
Cerastium diffusum – fourstamen chickweed
Cerastium dubium – doubtful chickweed
Cerastium fischerianum – Fischer's chickweed
Cerastium fontanum – common mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium furcatum – Korean mouse-ear chickweed[3]
Cerastium glomeratum – sticky chickweed
Cerastium gorodkovianum – tundra chickweed
Cerastium gracile – slender chickweed
Cerastium maximum – great chickweed
Cerastium nigrescens – Shetland mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium nutans – nodding chickweed
Cerastium pumilum – European chickweed
Cerastium regelii – Regel's chickweed
Cerastium semidecandrum – five-stamen chickweed
Cerastium sordidum – Chihuahuan chickweed
Cerastium subtriflorum – Slovenian mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium sventenii
Cerastium sylvaticum
Cerastium terrae-novae – Newfoundland mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium texanum – Texas chickweed
Cerastium tomentosum – snow in summer
Cerastium utriense

References

Cerastium en PlantList
Cerastium. Flora of North America.
English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 405. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.