Cerastium L.
(mouse-ears)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Cerastium arvense
Field Mouse-ear
Plant (Click to open) (Click to open) (Click to open)Flowers (Click to open)
 		Species 18 images
Cerastium fontanum
Common Mouse-ear
(Click to open)
 		Species 23 images
Cerastium glomeratum
Sticky Mouse-ear
Inflorescence (Click to open)
 		Species 15 images
Cerastium semidecandrum
Little Mouse-ear
(Click to open)
 		Species 11 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCerastium (mouse-ears)
FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)
OrderCARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Cerastium Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Cerastium (mouse-ears) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cerastium (mouse-ears)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 65 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cerastium (mouse-ears)
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