Pan India Bouquets

Cerastium cerastoides (L.) Britton

Family : Caryophyllaceae
(Pink Family)
Family (Hindi name) : BUGYALE FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : Caryophyllaceae
Basionym : Stellaria cerastoides L.
Synonym(s) : Alsine multicaulis (Willd.) E.H.L.Krause; Arenaria argaea (Boiss. & Balansa) Shinners; Arenaria trigyna (Vill.) Shinners; Centunculus alpinus Scop.; Cerastium argaeum Boiss. & Balansa; Cerastium cerastoides (L.) Britton; 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 refractum All.; Cerastium rupestre Fisch. ex Ser.; Cerastium stellarioides Hegetschw.; Cerastium stellarioides Hartm.; Cerastium trigynum Vill.; Cerastium trigynum var. brachypetalum Lange; Dichodon argaeum (Boiss. & Balansa) Ikonn.; Provancheria cerastoides (L.) B.Boivin; Provencheria cerastoides (L.) B.Boivin; Stellaria cerastoides L.; Stellaria elegans Ser.; Stellaria multicaulis Willd.; Stellaria radicans Lapeyr.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dichodon cerastoides (L.) Rchb.
Common name : Mouse Ear, Mountain Chickweed
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Alpine Himalayan slopes, altitude above 2700 m.
Flower, Fruit : July-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Temperate Eurasia, East Canada to Greenland
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Temperate Eurasia, East Canada to Greenland
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 80
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Cerastium cerastoides. Downloaded on 3 December 2023.

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