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Cerastium diffusum (fourstamen chickweed)

Synonyms: Cerastium diffusum tetrandrum; Cerastium diffusum var. diffusum; Cerastium pumilum subtetrandrum; Esmarchia cerastioides

Wikipedia Abstract

Cerastium diffusum the fourstamen chickweed or sea mouse-ear, is a species in the genus Cerastium, belonging to the Caryophyllaceae family. It is an annual or biannual herb, 3 to 15 cm.high, occurring in western Europe in the seacoast areas. The flowers have 4, or seldom 5 petals, 4 or 5 stamen appearing between March and May (III-V). The leaves are linial, ong and spade-shaped. The fruit petioles stand straight up.
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Infraspecies

Cerastium diffusum diffusum (Fourstamen chickweed)
Cerastium diffusum gussonei

Attributes

Height [1]  9 inches (.23 m)
Lifespan [1]  Annual
Structure [3]  Herb
Light Preference [2]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [2]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [2]  Mostly Infertile
Soil Moisture [2]  Mostly Dry

Protected Areas

Predators

Caryocolum alsinella[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004)
♦ 2ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0