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Cerastium Amanum
''Cerastium'' is a genus of annual, winter annual, or perennial flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. They are commonly called mouse-ears or mouse-ear chickweeds. There are 214 accepted species, found nearly worldwide but with the greatest concentration in the northern temperate regions. A number of the species are common weeds in fields and on disturbed ground. ''Cerastium'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including '' Coleophora chalcogrammella'' (which feeds exclusively on ''Cerastium arvense'') and ''Coleophora striatipennella'' (which has been recorded on '' Cerastium fontanum''). Species The following species in the genus ''Cerastium'' have been described: *'' Cerastium afromontanum'' *''Cerastium akiyoshiense'' *'' Cerastium aleuticum'' – Aleutian chickweed *'' Cerastium alexeenkoanum'' *'' Cerastium alpinum'' – alpine chickweed *'' Cerastium alsinifolium'' *'' Cerastium amanum'' *''Cerastium an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerastium Arvense
''Cerastium arvense'' is a species of flowering plant in the Caryophyllaceae, pink family known by the common names field mouse-ear and field chickweed. It is a widespread species, occurring throughout Europe and North America, as well as parts of South America. It is a variable species. There are several subspecies, but the number and defining characteristics are disputed. Description ''Cerastium arvense'' is a perennial herb growing up to tall. It takes the form of a mat, clump, creeper, or upright flower, and may grow from a taproot or tangled system of rhizomes. It is usually somewhat hairy in texture, often with glandular hairs. The leaves are linear, lance-shaped, or oblong, and a few centimeters in length. The inflorescence may consist of a single flower to a dense cluster of many. The flower has five white petals, each with two lobes, and five hairy green sepals at the base. The fruit is a capsule up to long with ten tiny teeth at the tip, which contains several brown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerastium Akiyoshiense
''Cerastium'' is a genus of annual, winter annual, or perennial flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. They are commonly called mouse-ears or mouse-ear chickweeds. There are 214 accepted species, found nearly worldwide but with the greatest concentration in the northern temperate regions. A number of the species are common weeds in fields and on disturbed ground. ''Cerastium'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including '' Coleophora chalcogrammella'' (which feeds exclusively on ''Cerastium arvense'') and ''Coleophora striatipennella'' (which has been recorded on '' Cerastium fontanum''). Species The following species in the genus ''Cerastium'' have been described: *'' Cerastium afromontanum'' *'' Cerastium akiyoshiense'' *'' Cerastium aleuticum'' – Aleutian chickweed *'' Cerastium alexeenkoanum'' *'' Cerastium alpinum'' – alpine chickweed *'' Cerastium alsinifolium'' *'' Cerastium amanum'' *'' Cerastium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerastium Arcticum
''Cerastium arcticum'', the Arctic mouse-ear chickweed or Arctic mouse-ear, is a flower found in parts of western and southern Greenland, Baffin Island, Labrador, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Scotland, Norway and Svalbard. It is a perennial herb that grows in tufts, sometimes loosely, generally in damp places and on open gravel. Most of the plant is pubescent, the hairs appearing stiff. Leaves are elliptical. The flowers are white, rather large, beautiful when fully expanded, single or two together. Petals are deeply notched and considerably longer than sepals. Image:Cerastium arcticum upernavik 2007-06-26 2.jpg, close up Image:Cerastium arcticum upernavik 2007-06-26 1.JPG, stem See also * Flora of Svalbard There are over 190 vascular plant species on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. This figure does not include algae, mosses, and lichens, which are non-vascular plants. For an island so far north, this number of species constitutes an a ... References arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerastium Araraticum
''Cerastium'' is a genus of annual, winter annual, or perennial flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. They are commonly called mouse-ears or mouse-ear chickweeds. There are 214 accepted species, found nearly worldwide but with the greatest concentration in the northern temperate regions. A number of the species are common weeds in fields and on disturbed ground. ''Cerastium'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including '' Coleophora chalcogrammella'' (which feeds exclusively on ''Cerastium arvense'') and ''Coleophora striatipennella'' (which has been recorded on '' Cerastium fontanum''). Species The following species in the genus ''Cerastium'' have been described: *'' Cerastium afromontanum'' *''Cerastium akiyoshiense'' *'' Cerastium aleuticum'' – Aleutian chickweed *'' Cerastium alexeenkoanum'' *'' Cerastium alpinum'' – alpine chickweed *'' Cerastium alsinifolium'' *'' Cerastium amanum'' *'' Cerastium a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
