Caryophyllaceae
Great chickweed
Cerastium maximum
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Cerastium
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 大卷耳
- English
- Great chickweed
- Icelandic
- Kjarrfræhyrna
Synonyms
- Cerastium revolutum Meinsh.
- Dichodon maximum (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native
Photos
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Екатерина Гущина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Federico Biguzzi, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Valentin Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Фёдор, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, 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.