Cerastium

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Cerastium
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Cerastium arvense
Cerastium arvense
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Genus: Cerastium
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Species
Cerastium arcticum

Cerastium arvense
Cerastium biebersteinii
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium glomeratum
Cerastium nigrescens
Cerastium tomentosum (snow-in-summer)
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Cerastium (Mouse-ear chickweed) is a genus of plant belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae.

Cerastium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora chalcogrammella (which feeds exclusively on Cerastium arvense) and Coleophora striatipennella (which has been recorded on Cerastium fontanum).

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Cerastium arvense

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