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Cerastium arcticum

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Caryophyllaceae

Scientific name
  
Cerastium arcticum

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Caryophyllales

Genus
  
Cerastium

Higher classification
  
Cerastium

Cerastium arcticum Cerastium arcticum The Flora of Svalbard

Similar
  
Cerastium, Cerastium nigrescens, Caryophyllaceae, Cerastium alpinum, Cerastium cerastoides

Cerastium arcticum (Arctic mouse-ear chickweed or Arctic mouse-ear) is a flower distributed at parts of western and southern Greenland, Baffin Island, Labrador, Iceland, Scotland, Norway and Svalbard.

Cerastium arcticum Cerastium arcticum The Flora of Svalbard

It grows in tufts, sometimes loosely, generally in damp places and on open gravel. Most of the plant is pubescent, the hairs appearing stiff. Leaves are elliptical. The flowers are white, rather large, beautiful when fully expanded, single or two together. Petals deeply notched and considerably longer than sepals.

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Cerastium arcticum Cerastium arcticum

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Cerastium arcticum Cerastium arcticum The Flora of Svalbard

References

Cerastium arcticum Wikipedia