Caryophyllaceae
Alpine chickweed
Cerastium alpinum
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Cerastium
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Common names
By language (22)
- arz
- سيراستيوم البينوم
- Bulgarian
- Алпийски рожец
- Chinese
- 高山卷耳
- English
- Alpine chickweed
- Estonian
- Mägi-kadakkaer
- Finnish
- Tunturihärkki, Karvatunturihärkki
- French
- Céraiste des Alpes
- German
- Alpen-Hornkraut
- hsb
- Alpski bělenk
- Icelandic
- Músareyra
- Italian
- Peverina alpina
- Japanese
- セラスチウム・アルピナム
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fjellarve
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Fjellarve
- Polish
- Rogownica alpejska
- se
- Alášsáhpánrássi, Várresáhpánrássi
- smn
- Värisäpligrääsi
- sms
- Tuõddârsäʹpplirääʹss
- Spanish
- Melosilla, Stellaria alpina
- Swedish
- Fjällarv
- Ukrainian
- Роговик альпійський
- Welsh
- Clust-y-llygoden Alpaidd
Synonyms
- Alsine alpina (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Cerastium acutifolium Dufour
- Cerastium alpinum f. pulvinata Simmons
- Cerastium alpinum subsp. alpinum
- Cerastium alpinum subsp. aquaticum (Boiss.) Mart.Parras & Molero Mesa
- Cerastium alpinum subsp. babiogorense Zapał.
- Cerastium alpinum var. aquaticum Boiss.
- Cerastium alpinum var. glanduliferum W.D.J.Koch
- Cerastium alpinum var. sordidum Hultén
- Cerastium alpinum var. vestitum Hultén
- Cerastium arvense var. alpinum (L.) Benth.
- Cerastium atratum Lapeyr.
- Cerastium bombycinum Schur
- Cerastium glaberrimum subsp. aquaticum (Boiss.) Rivas Mart. & Molero Mesa
- Cerastium hirsutum Fisch. ex Ser.
- Cerastium laniferum Schur
- Cerastium lanuginosum Willd. ex Rchb.
- Cerastium latifolium Edmonst.
- Cerastium microphyllum Schur
- Cerastium rotundifolium Schur
- Cerastium saxatile Turcz.
- Cerastium viscosissimum Schur
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Greenland: native
Photos
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.