- 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 : Herb
- Habitat : Alpine Himalayan slopes, altitude above 2700 m.
- Key identification features : Pubescent, tufted herbs; Flowers white, petals deeply 2-fid.
- Flower, Fruit : July-September
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Rudraprayag district
- Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district, Lahaul & Spiti district
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Leban
- 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
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 87-88
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cerastium cerastoides. Downloaded on 13 February 2025.
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