Cerastium brachypetalum

Cerastium brachypetalum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Cerastium
Species:
C. brachypetalum
Binomial name
Cerastium brachypetalum
Desp. ex Pers. (1805)

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Synonyms[1]
  • Alsine brachypetala (Desp. ex Pers.) E.H.L.Krause (1901), nom. illeg.
  • Cerastium mutabile var. brachypetalum (Desp. ex Pers.) Spenn. (1829)
  • Cerastium vulgatum var. brachypetalum (Desp. ex Pers.) Roth (1827)

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

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Ten subspecies are accepted.[1]

  • Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. atheniense (Lonsing) P.D.Sell & Whitehead – Greece (Attica)
  • Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. balearicum RomoBalearic 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 & WhiteheadCrete
  • 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

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  1. ^ a b c "Cerastium brachypetalum Desp. ex Pers". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Cerastium brachypetalum". 5. Flora of North America. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "USDA classification of Cerastium brachypetalum". United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  5. ^ Plantlife website Archived 2010-01-27 at the Wayback Machine

Milne-Redhead E. "Cerastium brachypetalum Pers in Britain" The Naturalist July Sept 1947: 95–96

Horn Peter C. "Cerastium brachypetalum in decline in Bedfordshire" BSBI News 65 18:20 (1994)

Horn Peter C. "The Decline and Conservation of Cerastium brachypetalum in Bedfordshire" The Bedfordshire Naturalist 48: 102 (1994)

Palmer J.R. "Cerastium brachypetalum - Status in West Kent" BSBI News 65: 21-22 (1994)

Horn Peter C. "Cerastium brachypetalum in a Bedfordshire Railway Cutting" BSBI News 101 25-26 (2006)