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Cerastium alpinum, commonly called alpine mouse-ear or alpine chickweed, is a mat-forming perennial plant. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to Greenland, Canada and northern Europe. It is grown as a rock garden subject for its many small white flowers and silver haired stems and foliage. There are three subspecies.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- Genus
- Cerastium
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 7-9
- Mature Height
- 30 cm to 46 cm
- Mature Spread
- 25 cm to 46 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green, Gray, Silver
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- White
- Flower Size
- 0.51 cm to 0.51 cm
- Bloom Time
- Mid spring, Late spring, Early summer
- Planting Time
- Winter, Spring
- Harvest Time
- Late spring, Early summer, Mid summer
- Native Area
- Sri Lanka, Libya, Somalia, Egypt, Turkey, Sweden, India, Austria, Slovakia, Montenegro, Pakistan, Slovenia, Morocco, Croatia, Yemen, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Russia, Iraq, Germany, Indonesia, Iceland, Estonia, Romania, Belgium, Moldova, Portugal, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, France, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Poland, Armenia, Greece, Ukraine, Serbia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Norway, China, Afghanistan, Syria, Italy, Kazakhstan, Spain, Switzerland, Denmark, Mongolia, Bhutan, Iran, Albania, Ireland, United Kingdom, Hungary, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Alpine mouse-ear en Alpine mouse-ear chickweed en Alpine chickweed
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