Caryophyllaceae

Sticky chickweed

Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.

Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Cerastium

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Sticky chickweed (Cerastium glomeratum) — FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (27)

arz: السيراستيوم الكبيبات
Bulgarian: Кълбестосъцветен рожец
Chinese: 球序卷耳, 圆序卷耳, 婆婆指甲菜, 小白绵参, 短果卷耳
Czech: Rožec klubkatý
Dutch: Kluwenhoornbloem
English: Sticky chickweed, Sticky mouse-ear, Clammy chickweed, Sticky mouse-ear chickweed
Estonian: Kera-kadakkaer
Finnish: Sykeröhärkki
French: Céraiste aggloméré, Ceraiste agglomere
German: Knäuel-Hornkraut, Knäuelblütiges Hornkraut, Geknäueltes Hornkraut, Knäuelhornkraut, Knäueliges Hornkraut
Hebrew: קרנונית דביקה
Icelandic: Hnoðafræhyrna
Irish: Cluas luchóige ghreamaitheach
Japanese: オランダミミナグサ, クラミー・チックウィード, スティッキー・チックウィード, スティッキー・マウス＝イヤー・チックウィード, 和蘭耳菜草
kw: Gledh skovarn logosen
Lithuanian: Glaustažiedė glažutė
Malayalam: സെരാസ്റ്റിയം ഗ്ലോമെറാറ്റം, ക്ലാമി ചിക്ക്വീഡ്, സ്റ്റിക്കി മൗസ്-ഇയർ ചിക്ക്വീഡ്
Norwegian Bokmål: Veiarve
Persian: دانهمرغ گوش موش
Polish: Rogownica skupiona
Russian: Ясколка скученная, Ясколка скученноцветковая
Slovak: Rožec klbkatý
Slovenian: Klobčasta smiljka
Spanish: Stellaria vulgata
Swedish: Knipparv
Ukrainian: Роговик скупчений
Welsh: Clust-y-llygoden lydanddail, Cornwlyddyn brechlys

Synonyms

Alsine glomerata (Thuill.) E.H.L.Krause
Cerastium acutatum Suksd.
Cerastium alpinum Bunge
Cerastium apetalum Dumort.
Cerastium arenosum Kit
Cerastium brachycarpum Stapf
Cerastium consanguineum Wedd.
Cerastium constantinopolitanum Nyman
Cerastium fulvum Raf.
Cerastium glomeratum f. apetalum (Dumort.) Trinajstić
Cerastium glomeratum var. glomeratum
Cerastium hirsutum Muhl.
Cerastium mauritianum Bouton ex Baker
Cerastium membranaceum Jacquem. ex Hook.f.
Cerastium minutulum Des Moul. ex Steud.
Cerastium ovale Pers.
Cerastium pilosum Fisch. ex Ledeb.
Cerastium pseudoviscosum Schur
Cerastium pumilum Raf.
Cerastium rotundifolium Fisch.
Cerastium serpyllifolium M.Bieb. ex Ser.
Cerastium sibiricum Turcz. ex Ledeb.
Cerastium simense Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Cerastium stevenii Schischk.
Cerastium sylvaticum Steven ex Ledeb.
Cerastium tenellum Gaud. ex Ser.
Cerastium tomentosum Bojer
Cerastium villosum Steven
Cerastium viscosioides P.Candargy
Cerastium viscosum var. consanguineum (Wedd.) Rohrb.
Cerastium viscosum var. viscosum
Cerastium vulgatum L.
Cerastium vulgatum var. glomeratum (Thuill.) Edgew. & Hook.f.

Flowers

In flower: March to May (from 1,029 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: lanechaffin, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: zebedeugalinha, 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.