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Cerastium

Contains 13 accepted taxa overall.

Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Common Name:	CHICKWEED
Specimen:	Search the Butler University Friesner Herbarium Digital Collection for specimens within this genus

Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

Genus Distribution Map

Species

Scientific Name	Common Name
Cerastium arvense subsp. strictum	Small field chickweed
Cerastium brachypetalum	Gray mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium brachypodum	Short-pedicelled chickweed
Cerastium dubium	Doubtful mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium fontanum	Common mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare	Common mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium glomeratum	Clammy chickweed
Cerastium nutans	Nodding chickweed
Cerastium nutans var. nutans	Nodding chickweed
Cerastium pumilum	Curtis's mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium semidecandrum	Small mouse-ear chickweed; Five-stemmed mouse-eared sedge
Cerastium tomentosum	Snow in summer
Cerastium velutinum var. velutinum	Field-mouse-ear chickweed

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Citation Information:

Dolan, R.W., M.E. Moore. 2025 Indiana Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), USF Water Institute. University of South Florida]. Butler University Friesner Herbarium, Indianapolis, Indiana. (Begun by Dr. Rebecca W. Dolan with a grant from the Butler University Innovation Fund)