Caryophyllaceae
Boreal chickweed
Cerastium biebersteinii
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Cerastium
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 阔叶卷耳, 阔叶银角
- Czech
- Rožec Biebersteinův
- English
- Boreal chickweed
- Estonian
- Biebersteini kadakkaer
- French
- Céraiste de Bieberstein, Ceraiste de Bieberstein
- Icelandic
- Rottueyra
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sølvarve
- Polish
- Rogownica Biebersteina
Synonyms
- Cerastium biebersteinii subsp. transcaucasicum Buschmann
- Cerastium repens M.Bieb.
- Cerastium tomentosum Georgi
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 26 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Photos
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: CawVus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sergey Cherkasov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Максим Шумских, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Максим Шумских, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Алексей Ябс, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Иван Пристрем, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Алексей Ябс, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Алексей Ябс, CC0, 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.