Caryophyllaceae

Field chickweed

Cerastium arvense L.

Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Cerastium

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Field chickweed (Cerastium arvense) — FlowerPhoto: Allen Browne, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (29)

Arabic: آذان الفأرة
Belarusian: Ясколка палявая
Bulgarian: Полски рожец
Chinese: 卷耳, 原野卷耳, 田野卷耳, 糕菜
csb: Pólnô rogùtka
Czech: Rožec rolní
Dutch: Akkerhoornbloem
English: Field chickweed, Field mouse-ear
Estonian: Põld-kadakkaer
Finnish: Ketohärkki
French: Céraiste des champs, Ceraiste des champs
German: Acker-Hornkraut, Ackerhornkraut
Hungarian: Mátrai madárhúr
Icelandic: Mjallareyra
Italian: Peverina dei campi
Latvian: Tīruma radzene
Lithuanian: Dirvinė glažutė
Macedonian: Полски рожец
Norwegian Bokmål: Storarve
nv: Táłkááʼ sikaadí
Polish: Rogownica polna, Rogownica Raciborskiego
Romanian: Cornuț de munte
Russian: Ясколка полевая, Ясколка луговая
Slovak: Rožec roľný
Slovenian: Njivska smiljka, Toga smiljka
Spanish: Oreja de ratón
Swedish: Fältarv
Ukrainian: Роговик польовий
Welsh: Clust-y-llygoden y meysydd

Synonyms

Alsine arvensis (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Centunculus angustifolius Scop.
Centunculus arvensis (L.) Scop.
Centunculus rigidus Scop.
Cerastium adscendens Wender. ex Steud.
Cerastium alpicolum Brügger
Cerastium alpinum All.
Cerastium ambiguum Fisch. ex Ser.
Cerastium angustifolium Vitman
Cerastium arvense f. arvense
Cerastium arvense f. eglandulosum Kuntze
Cerastium arvense subsp. arvense
Cerastium arvense subsp. arvum (Schur) Schinz & R.Keller
Cerastium arvense var. arvense
Cerastium arvense var. eglandulosum (Kuntze) Dostál
Cerastium arvense var. parviflora Dusén
Cerastium arvense var. strictum (L.) Reiche
Cerastium arvense var. taimyrense Tolm.
Cerastium arvense var. tatrae Borbás
Cerastium brachycarpum Schur
Cerastium busambarense Lojac.
Cerastium caespitosum Kit. ex Rchb.
Cerastium camphoratifolium Steud.
Cerastium carnosulum Turcz. ex Ledeb.
Cerastium collinum Salisb.
Cerastium corsicum Soleirol ex Nyman
Cerastium fueguianum Albov
Cerastium grahamii Gillies ex Griseb.
Cerastium grandiflorum Gilib.
Cerastium incanum Ledeb.
Cerastium insubricum Moretti ex Rchb.
Cerastium mendozinense Gillies ex Griseb.
Cerastium mutabile Gren.
Cerastium poelianum Brügger
Cerastium polyphyllum Steven ex Ledeb.
Cerastium serpyllifolium Willd.
Cerastium strictum L.
Cerastium strictum subsp. tatrae (Borbás) Májovský ex Dostál
Cerastium tatrae Borbás
Cerastium uralense Grubov

and 3 more.

Flowers

In flower: April to June (from 2,162 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: introduced, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Allen Browne, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Bob Walker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Saryu Mae 前朝琉, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Noah How, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.