Cerastium brachypetalum, commonly called gray chickweed, grey mouse-ear[2] or gray mouse-ear chickweed, is a spring blooming annual plant species. It is native to Mediterranean and temperate Europe, northwestern Africa, the Caucasus, and Western Asia.[1] It has been introduced and naturalized in North America.[3][4]
Cerastium brachypetalum is one of 101 species deemed high priorities for conservation in the UK by the wild flower and plant charity Plantlife.[5]
Subspecies
Ten subspecies are accepted.[1]
- Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. atheniense (Lonsing) P.D.Sell & Whitehead – Greece (Attica)
- Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. balearicum Romo – Balearic Islands
- Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. brachypetalum – France to central Europe, Scandinavia, southeastern Europe, and Morocco
- Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. corcyrense (Möschl) P.D.Sell & Whitehead – northwestern Greece (Corfu)
- Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. doerfleri (Halácsy ex Hayek) P.D.Sell & Whitehead – Crete
- Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. iranicum Poursakhi, Assadi & F.Ghahrem. – Iran
- Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. pindigenum (Lonsing) P.D.Sell & Whitehead – Albania and northern and central Greece
- Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. roeseri (Boiss. & Heldr.) Nyman – Morocco and Algeria, Mediterranean Europe from Spain to Bulgaria, Turkey, and Cyprus
- Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. tauricum (Spreng.) Murb. – Morocco, Mediterranean Europe, Crimea, Turkey, the Caucasus, and Western Asia
- Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. tenoreanum (Ser.) Soó – France to Czechoslovakia, Greece, and Bulgaria
References
- ^ a b c "Cerastium brachypetalum Desp. ex Pers". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "Cerastium brachypetalum". 5. Flora of North America.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "USDA classification of Cerastium brachypetalum". United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ Plantlife website Archived 2010-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
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