Caryophyllaceae
Common mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium fontanum
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Cerastium
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Common names
By language (20)
- Belarusian
- Ясколка звычайная
- Chinese
- 喜泉卷耳, 泉卷耳
- Czech
- Rožec prameništní
- Danish
- Almindelig Hønsetarm
- Dutch
- Gewone en Glanzige hoornbloem
- English
- Common mouse-ear chickweed, Common mouse-ear, Mouse-ear chickweed, Starweed
- Estonian
- Harilik kadakkaer
- Finnish
- Nurmihärkki, Pohjannurmihärkki
- French
- Ceraiste commun, Céraiste commun, Céraiste vulgaire
- German
- Gemeines Hornkraut
- gv
- Cleaysh lughagh
- Icelandic
- Vegarfi
- Irish
- Cluas luchóige choiteann
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vanlig arve
- Polish
- Rogownica źródlana
- Slovak
- Rožec prameniskový
- Slovenian
- Studenčna smiljka
- Spanish
- Alsine trivialis, Dichodon viscidum, Stellaria viscosa
- Swedish
- Hönsarv
- Welsh
- Clust-y-llygoden gulddail
Synonyms
- Cerastium caespitosum subsp. fontanum (Baumg.) Schinz & R.Keller
- Cerastium fontanum subsp. alpestre (Hegetschw.) Janch.
- Cerastium fontanum subsp. alpicum Gartner
- Cerastium fontanum subsp. alpinum (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Janch.
- Cerastium fontanum subsp. appenninum Gartner
- Cerastium fontanum subsp. fontanum
- Cerastium fontanum subsp. macrocarpum Jalas
- Cerastium fontanum subsp. scandicum Gartner
- Cerastium fontanum subsp. turcicum Gartner
- Cerastium longirostre Wichura
- Cerastium macrocarpum Schur
- Cerastium macrocarpum subsp. lucorum H.Gartner
- Cerastium scandicum (Gartner) Kuzeneva
- Cerastium scandicum subsp. alpinum Gartner
- Cerastium vulgatum subsp. alpinum (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Hartm.
- Cerastium vulgatum subsp. fontanum (Baumg.) Simonk.
- Cerastium vulgatum var. alpestre Hartm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bff, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bff, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bff, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave Kennard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jac. Janssen from Baarlo lb, NL, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pmau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michel Langeveld, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- 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.