Caryophyllaceae
Regel's chickweed
Cerastium regelii
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Cerastium
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Regel's chickweed
- Finnish
- Mätäshärkki
- Swedish
- Polararv
Synonyms
- Cerastium alpinum var. caespitosum Malmgren
- Cerastium alpinum var. serpyllifolia Regel
- Cerastium gorodkovianum Schischk.
- Cerastium jenisejense Hultén
- Cerastium mutabile var. jenisejense (Hultén) Kozhevn.
- Cerastium regelii subsp. caespitosum (Malmgren) Tolm.
- Cerastium regelii subsp. regelii
- Cerastium regelii var. hirsutum Hultén
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native
Photos
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.