Caryophyllaceae
Bering chickweed
Cerastium beeringianum
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Cerastium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bering chickweed, Earle's chickweed
Synonyms
- Cerastium alpinum var. beeringianum (Cham. & Schltdl.) Regel
- Cerastium alpinum var. capillare (Fernald & Wiegand) B.Boivin
- Cerastium arvense var. capillare (Fernald & Wiegand) Boivin
- Cerastium beeringianum subsp. beeringianum
- Cerastium beeringianum subsp. bialynickii (Tolm.) Tolm.
- Cerastium beeringianum subsp. earlei (Rydb.) Hultén
- Cerastium beeringianum var. beeringianum
- Cerastium beeringianum var. capillare Fernald & Wiegand
- Cerastium beeringianum var. glabratum Hultén
- Cerastium beeringianum var. grandiflorum (Fenzl) Hultén
- Cerastium buffumiae A.Nelson
- Cerastium continentale (Peschkova) N.V.Vlassova
- Cerastium earlei Rydb.
- Cerastium fischerianum var. beeringianum Hultén
- Cerastium mutabile var. bialynickii (Tolm.) Kozhevn.
- Cerastium mutabile var. caespitosum (Malmgren) Kozhevn.
- Cerastium pulchellum Rydb.
- Cerastium scammaniae Polunin
- Cerastium variabile Goodd.
- Cerastium vulgatum var. beeringianum (Cham. & Schltdl.) Fenzl
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 41 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Paul Prior, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Allison Gray, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thompson Hyggen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aerin Jacob, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.