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 : Rudraprayag district
  • 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
  • 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 12 October 2024.

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