Species
Cerastium viride (Western field mouse-ear chickweed)
Cerastium viride. Photo: (c) John Rusk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Cerastium is a genus of annual, winter annual, or perennial plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. They are commonly called mouse-ear chickweed. Species are found nearly worldwide but the greatest concentration is in the northern temperate regions. There are about 200 species. A number are common weeds in fields and on disturbed ground.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
- Order: Caryophyllales (Pinks, cactuses, and allies)
- Family: Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
- Tribe: Alsineae
- Genus: Cerastium (Mouse-ear chickweeds)
- Species: Cerastium viride (Western field mouse-ear chickweed)
- Genus: Cerastium (Mouse-ear chickweeds)
- Tribe: Alsineae
- Family: Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
- Order: Caryophyllales (Pinks, cactuses, and allies)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)