Caryophyllaceae
Mountain chickweed
Dichodon cerastoides
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Dichodon
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Common names
By language (11)
- Bulgarian
- Тристълбчест рожец
- Chinese
- 六齒捲耳, 六齿卷耳, 小白绵参
- English
- Mountain chickweed
- Finnish
- Lumihärkki
- German
- Dreigriffliges Hornkraut
- Icelandic
- Lækjafræhyrna
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Brearve
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Brearve
- Persian
- دانهمرغ ستارهای
- Swedish
- Lapparv
- Welsh
- Clust-y-llygoden y mynydd
Synonyms
- Alsine multicaulis (Willd.) E.H.L.Krause
- Arenaria argaea (Boiss. & Balansa) Shinners
- Centunculus alpinus Scop.
- Cerastium argaeum Boiss. & Balansa
- Cerastium cerastoides (L.) Britton
- Cerastium cerastoides f. glandulosum Micevski
- Cerastium cerastoides var. foliosum Kozhevn.
- Cerastium cerastoides var. lanceolatocalyx Hazit
- Cerastium elegans Fisch. ex Ser.
- Cerastium lagascanum C.Vicioso
- Cerastium lapponicum Crantz
- Cerastium nivale D.Don ex Nyman
- Cerastium obtusifolium Kar. & Kir.
- Cerastium refractum All.
- Cerastium rupestre Fisch. ex Ser.
- Cerastium stellarioides Hartm.
- Cerastium stellarioides Hegetschw.
- Cerastium trigynum Vill.
- Cerastium trigynum var. brachypetala Lange
- Dichodon argaeus (Boiss. & Balansa) Ikonn.
- Dichodon cerastoides var. argaeum (Boiss. & Balansa) M.Keskin
- Provancheria cerastoides (L.) B.Boivin
- Stellaria cerastoides L.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 80 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Flavien Saboureau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Flavien Saboureau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ida B D Jacobsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Нурхайдарова Татьяна, 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). About our plant data.