Cerastium alpinum, commonly called alpine mouse-ear[1] or alpine chickweed, is a mat-forming perennial plant. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to Greenland, Canada and northern Europe.[2] It is grown as a rock garden subject for its many small white flowers and silver haired stems and foliage. There are three subspecies.
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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. alpinum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cerastium alpinum L., 1753
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References
edit- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ "Cerastium alpinum in Flora of North America @". Efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
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