Cerastium

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Cerastium arvense
Cerastium arvense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Cerastium
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Species

Cerastium arcticum
Cerastium arvense
Cerastium biebersteinii
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium nigrescens
Cerastium tomentosum (snow-in-summer)
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Cerastium (Mouse-ear chickweed) is a genus of plant belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae.

Cerastium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora chalcogrammella (which feeds exclusively on Cerastium arvense) and Coleophora striatipennella (which has been recorded on Cerastium fontanum).

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