Cerastium

E301599
genus taxon

Cerastium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as mouse-ear chickweeds, comprising small, often white-flowered herbs found in temperate regions worldwide.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cerastium canonical 1
Cerastium arvense 1
Cerastium glomeratum 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
clade Magnoliophyta ⓘ
surface form: Angiosperms

Eudicots ⓘ
surface form: Core eudicots

Eudicots ⓘ
commonName mouse-ear chickweed ⓘ
mouse-ear chickweeds ⓘ
distribution Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
temperate regions ⓘ
family Caryophyllaceae ⓘ
flowerSymmetry radial symmetry ⓘ
flowerType actinomorphic flower ⓘ
fruitType capsule ⓘ
habitat grassland ⓘ
meadows ⓘ
roadsides ⓘ
waste ground ⓘ
hasGrowthForm herb ⓘ
hasSpecies Cerastium alpinum ⓘ
Cerastium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cerastium arvense

Cerastium fontanum ⓘ
Cerastium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cerastium glomeratum

Cerastium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cerastium tomentosum
introducedTo New Zealand ⓘ
North America ⓘ
isA flowering plant genus ⓘ
herbaceous plant genus ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
leafArrangement opposite leaves ⓘ
leafMargin entire ⓘ
leafType simple leaves ⓘ
lifeCycle annual ⓘ
perennial ⓘ
namedBy Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
nativeTo Eurasia ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
nomenclaturalCode International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants ⓘ
order Caryophyllales ⓘ
parentTaxon Caryophyllaceae ⓘ
petalNumber 5 ⓘ
pollination insect-pollinated ⓘ
reproduction sexual reproduction via seeds ⓘ
vegetative reproduction ⓘ
seedDispersal animals ⓘ
gravity ⓘ
sepalNumber 5 ⓘ
stemType herbaceous stem ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
typicalFlowerColor white ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caryophyllaceae → includesGenus → Cerastium ⓘ
Cerastium → hasSpecies → Cerastium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cerastium arvense
Cerastium → hasSpecies → Cerastium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cerastium tomentosum
Cerastium → hasSpecies → Cerastium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cerastium glomeratum