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Blue ridge sedge (Cerastium macrocarpum)

Description

Cerastium fontanum, also called Mouse-ear chickweed, Common mouse-ear, or Starweed is a species of mat-forming perennial or, rarely, annual plant. It is native to Europe but introduced elsewhere.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Caryophyllaceae

              • Genus: Cerastium