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Cerastium arcticum, the Arctic mouse-ear chickweed or Arctic mouse-ear, is a flower distributed at parts of western and southern Greenland, Baffin Island, Labrador,[1] Iceland, Faroe Islands, Scotland, Norway and Svalbard.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Cerastium |
| Species: | C. arcticum
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It is a perennial herb[3] that grows in tufts, sometimes loosely, generally in damp places and on open gravel. Most of the plant is pubescent, the hairs appearing stiff. Leaves are elliptical. The flowers are white, rather large, beautiful when fully expanded, single or two together. Petals are deeply notched and considerably longer than sepals.
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edit- ^ Aiken, S.G.; et al. "Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago". National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Svalbardflora.no". Svalbardflora.no. Archived from the original on March 18, 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
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