Caryophyllaceae
Slender chickweed
Cerastium gracile
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Cerastium
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Cerastium gracileCaryophyllaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Slender chickweed
Synonyms
- Cerastium bulgaricum R.Uechtr.
- Cerastium carpetanum Lomax
- Cerastium cavanillesianum Font Quer & Rivas Goday
- Cerastium duriaei Cariot & St.-Lag.
- Cerastium gayanum Boiss.
- Cerastium gracile subsp. bulgaricum (Uechtr.) Valev
- Cerastium gracile subsp. ramosissimum (Boiss.) Font Quer
- Cerastium gracile subsp. ramosissimum (Boiss.) Molero Mesa & Pérez Raya
- Cerastium gracile subsp. velenovskyi (Hayek) Valev
- Cerastium gracile var. kebdanense (Sennen & Mauricio ex Font Quer) Font Quer
- Cerastium hirtellum subsp. subechinulatum (Maire & Wilczek) Maire
- Cerastium holotrichum Sennen & Mauricio
- Cerastium kebdanense Sennen & Mauricio ex Font Quer
- Cerastium lamottei Le Grand ex Nyman
- Cerastium pentandrum subsp. gracile (Dufour) Maire & Weiller
- Cerastium pseudobulgaricum Klokov
- Cerastium pumilum Bourg. ex Willk. & Lange
- Cerastium pumilum subsp. subechinulatum (Maire & Wilczek) Maire
- Cerastium ramosissimum Boiss.
- Cerastium ramosissimum f. carpetanum (Lomax) E.Rico
- Cerastium riaei Des Moul. ex J.Gay
- Cerastium riaei subsp. brevicorollinum Maire & Weiller
- Cerastium riaei subsp. echinulatum (Batt.) Maire
- Cerastium riaei subsp. subechinulatum (Maire & Wilczek) Maire
- Cerastium riaei var. microspermum Maire
- Cerastium schmalhausenii Pacz.
- Cerastium subechinulatum Maire & Wilczek
- Cerastium velenovskyi Hayek
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
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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.