Cerastium brachypetalum

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Cerastium brachypetalum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Cerastium
Species:
C. brachypetalum
Binomial name
Cerastium brachypetalum

Cerastium brachypetalum, commonly called gray chickweed, grey mouse-ear[1] or gray mouse-ear chickweed, is a spring blooming annual plant species. It is native from Eurasia and introduced and naturalized in North America.[2][3]

Cerastium brachypetalum is one of 101 species deemed high priorities for conservation in the UK by the wild flower and plant charity Plantlife.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Cerastium brachypetalum". 5. Flora of North America. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "USDA classification of Cerastium brachypetalum". United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  4. ^ Plantlife website Archived 2010-01-27 at the Wayback Machine

Milne-Redhead E. "Cerastium brachypetalum Pers in Britain" The Naturalist July Sept 1947: 95–96

Horn Peter C. "Cerastium brachypetalum in decline in Bedfordshire" BSBI News 65 18:20 (1994)

Horn Peter C. "The Decline and Conservation of Cerastium brachypetalum in Bedfordshire" The Bedfordshire Naturalist 48: 102 (1994)

Palmer J.R. "Cerastium brachypetalum - Status in West Kent" BSBI News 65: 21-22 (1994)

Horn Peter C. "Cerastium brachypetalum in a Bedfordshire Railway Cutting" BSBI News 101 25-26 (2006)