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Common mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium fontanum
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Common mouse-ear chickweedCerastium holosteoides
Sticky mouse-ear chickweedCerastium glomeratum
common chickweedStellaria media
field chickweedCerastium arvense
Little Mouse-earCerastium semidecandrum
greater stitchwortRabelera holostea
Common WhitlowgrassDraba verna
lesser stitchwortStellaria graminea
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 498,480 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 490,619 |
| Canada | 4,714 |
| United Kingdom | 2,305 |
| Ontario | 2,070 |
| England | 2,016 |
| New York | 1,629 |
| British Columbia | 1,453 |
| Massachusetts | 1,133 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,051 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Biennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a biennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | pinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales |
| Family | pink family · Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus | Mouse-ear Chickweeds · Cerastium |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Common mouse-ear chickweed with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.