Caryophyllaceae
Gray chickweed
Cerastium brachypetalum
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Cerastium
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Common names
By language (15)
- Bulgarian
- Късовенечен рожец
- Czech
- Rožec krátkoplátečný
- Danish
- Stivhåret hønsetarm
- Dutch
- Kalkhoornbloem
- English
- Gray chickweed, Grey mouse-ear, Grey mouse ear
- Finnish
- Lyhytterähärkki
- French
- Céraiste à pétales courts
- German
- Bärtiges Hornkraut, Kleinblütiges Hornkraut
- Icelandic
- Hélufræhyrna
- Lithuanian
- Smulkiažiedė glažutė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Raggarve
- Polish
- Rogownica drobnokwiatowa
- Slovenian
- Drobnocvetna smiljka
- Swedish
- Raggarv
- Welsh
- Clust-y-llygoden lwyd
Synonyms
- Alsine brachypetala (Desp. ex Pers.) E.H.L.Krause
- Cerastium atticum Boiss. & Heldr.
- Cerastium barbulatum Wahlenb.
- Cerastium canescens Hornem. ex Ser.
- Cerastium gracile Wallr.
- Cerastium strigosum Fr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Fornax, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Cerastium
- Sticky chickweedCerastium glomeratumCaryophyllaceae
- Field chickweedCerastium arvenseCaryophyllaceae
- Common mouse-ear chickweedCerastium fontanumCaryophyllaceae
- Alpine chickweedCerastium alpinumCaryophyllaceae
- Little mouse-earCerastium semidecandrumCaryophyllaceae
- Snow in summerCerastium tomentosumCaryophyllaceae
- European chickweedCerastium pumilumCaryophyllaceae
- Mouse-ear chickweedCerastium arcticumCaryophyllaceae
- Fourstamen chickweedCerastium diffusumCaryophyllaceae
- Boreal chickweedCerastium biebersteiniiCaryophyllaceae
- Cerastium sylvaticumCaryophyllaceae
- Cerastium latifoliumCaryophyllaceae
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.