Caryophyllaceae
Shetland mouse-ear
Cerastium nigrescens
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Cerastium
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Common names
By language (6)
- English
- Shetland mouse-ear
- Finnish
- Kellohärkki, Napahärkki
- lah
- شٹلینڈ چوآ-کن
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Snøarve
- Swedish
- Snöarv
- Welsh
- Clust-y-llygoden Shetland
Synonyms
- Cerastium alpinum var. edmondstonii (Edmondston) Hook.f.
- Cerastium arcticum f. nigrescens (H.C.Watson) Druce
- Cerastium arcticum subsp. edmondstonii (Edmondston) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Cerastium arcticum var. edmondstonii (Edmondston) Beeby
- Cerastium edmondstonii (Edmondston) Murb. & Ostenf.
- Cerastium edmondstonii var. caespitosum Dusén
- Cerastium edmondstonii var. nigrescens (H.C.Watson) A.R.Clapham
- Cerastium latifolium var. edmondstonii Edmondston
- Cerastium latifolium var. nigrescens H.C.Watson
- Cerastium nigrescens var. acutifolium (Edmondston) Druce
Photos
Photo: Melvin Grey, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Cerastium
- Sticky chickweedCerastium glomeratumCaryophyllaceae
- Field chickweedCerastium arvenseCaryophyllaceae
- Common mouse-ear chickweedCerastium fontanumCaryophyllaceae
- Alpine chickweedCerastium alpinumCaryophyllaceae
- Gray chickweedCerastium brachypetalumCaryophyllaceae
- Little mouse-earCerastium semidecandrumCaryophyllaceae
- Snow in summerCerastium tomentosumCaryophyllaceae
- European chickweedCerastium pumilumCaryophyllaceae
- Mouse-ear chickweedCerastium arcticumCaryophyllaceae
- Fourstamen chickweedCerastium diffusumCaryophyllaceae
- Boreal chickweedCerastium biebersteiniiCaryophyllaceae
- Cerastium sylvaticumCaryophyllaceae
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). About our plant data.