Caryophyllaceae
Little mouse-ear
Cerastium semidecandrum
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Cerastium
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Common names
By language (22)
- Belarusian
- Ясколка пяцітычынкавая
- Bulgarian
- Петтичинков рожец
- Chinese
- 半十蕊卷耳
- csb
- Piôskòwô rogùtka
- Czech
- Rožec pětimužný
- Danish
- Femhannet Hønsetarm
- Dutch
- Zandhoornbloem
- English
- Little mouse-ear, Fivestamen chickweed
- Estonian
- Kevad-kadakkaer
- Finnish
- Mäkihärkki
- French
- Céraiste des sables, Céraiste à 5 étamines, Céraiste à cinq étamines
- German
- Sand-Hornkraut, Fünfmänniges Hornkraut, Sandhornkraut
- hsb
- Drobny bělenk
- Icelandic
- Engjafræhyrna
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vårarve
- Persian
- دانهمرغ هرز
- Polish
- Rogownica pięciopręcikowa
- Portuguese
- Rato-castanho
- Slovak
- Rožec päťtyčinkový
- Slovenian
- Mala smiljka
- Swedish
- Vårarv
- Welsh
- Clust-y-llygoden fach
Synonyms
- Alsine pellucida E.H.L.Krause
- Centunculus semidecandrus Scop.
- Cerastium arenarium Ten.
- Cerastium balearicum F.Hermann
- Cerastium breviflorum Gilib.
- Cerastium dentatum Möschl
- Cerastium dolosum (Murb.) Möschl
- Cerastium fallax Guss.
- Cerastium geniculatum Braun-Blanq.
- Cerastium heterotrichum Klokov
- Cerastium holosteiforme Schur
- Cerastium loeflingii Crantz
- Cerastium macilentum Aspegr.
- Cerastium obtusifolium Lam.
- Cerastium pallidum Schur
- Cerastium pellucidum Chaub.
- Cerastium pentandrum L.
- Cerastium peplidifolium Kotschy ex Boiss.
- Cerastium rotundatum Schur
- Cerastium semidecandrum f. dolsum Murb.
- Cerastium semidecandrum subsp. balearicum R.Litardiere
- Cerastium semidecandrum subsp. dentatum (Möschl) Maire & Weiller
- Cerastium semidecandrum subsp. macilentum (Aspegren) Möschl
- Cerastium semidecandrum var. dentatum (Möschl.) Kharadze
- Cerastium semidecandrum var. sennenii Font Quer
- Cerastium viscidum Link
- Myosotis semidecandra Moench
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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- Gray chickweedCerastium brachypetalumCaryophyllaceae
- Snow in summerCerastium tomentosumCaryophyllaceae
- European chickweedCerastium pumilumCaryophyllaceae
- Mouse-ear chickweedCerastium arcticumCaryophyllaceae
- Fourstamen chickweedCerastium diffusumCaryophyllaceae
- Boreal chickweedCerastium biebersteiniiCaryophyllaceae
- Cerastium sylvaticumCaryophyllaceae
- Cerastium latifoliumCaryophyllaceae
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.