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Cerastium
Sign in to saveCerastium is a genus of annual, winter annual, or perennial flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. They are commonly called mouse-ears or mouse-ear chickweeds. There are 214 accepted species, found nearly worldwide but with the greatest concentration in the northern temperate regions. A number of the species are common weeds in fields and on disturbed ground.
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Cerastium, commonly known as mouse-ears, is a genus of plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It belongs to the order Caryophyllales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta within the kingdom Plantae. The genus was described by L. and is currently accepted in taxonomic records.
These plants are annual or perennial, hairy herbaceous species. The genus comprises 60 species distributed across the northern temperate region. Specimens have been recorded in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, with collections held by institutions such as the University of Alberta Museums, INECOL, and UNICACH.
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Species
mouse-ears
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyCaryophyllaceae
卷耳属（学名：Cerastium）是石竹科下的一个属，为一年生或多年生、被毛草本植物。该属共有60种，分布于北温带。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,848
- With media
- 2,361
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, INECOL, GH, UNICACH
- Recorded in
- Canada, United States, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Caryophyllaceae
- Image
- Cerastium arvense - Acker-Hornkraut Detail.JPG
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- Cerastium
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- Category:Cerastium
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- capsule
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Encyclopedic overview
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Cerastium is a genus of annual, winter annual, or perennial flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. They are commonly called mouse-ears or mouse-ear chickweeds. There are 214 accepted species, found nearly worldwide but with the greatest concentration in the northern temperate regions. A number of the species are common weeds in fields and on disturbed ground.
thumb|right|Cerastium uniflorum thumb|right|Cerastium tolucense 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).
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