Cerastium holosteoides Fr., 1817

Common names

🇫🇷 Céraiste commun, Mouron d’alouette

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Tribe: Alsineae
Genus: Cerastium
Species: Cerastium holosteoides

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with C. glomeratum Thuill., 1799, which has a more upright habit and inflorescences that bear many, tightly packed flowers, while C. holosteoides has a prostrate habit and inflorescences that bear few, spaced flowers.

Photographs

img/cerastium-holosteoides.webp — *Cerastium holosteoides*

img/cerastium-holosteoides-2.webp — *Cerastium holosteoides*

img/cerastium-holosteoides-4.webp — *Cerastium holosteoides* - Flower close-up

img/cerastium-holosteoides-3.webp — *Cerastium holosteoides* - Leaves

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 633). Biotope.