Cerastium fontanum, also called mouse-ear chickweed, common mouse-ear, or starweed, is a species of mat-forming perennial or, rarely, annual plant.
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Mouse-ear Chickweed is easily distinguished by its fuzzy leaves and stems, where Common Chickweed has hairless leaves and a single row of hairs along the stems.
Mouse-eared chickweed, native to Europe, is one of the most widespread invasive plants in the world, distributed throughout the temperate and subarctic zones.
General Description · Perennial forming tufts or small mats with pubescent foliage. Stems 10–40 cm long, trailing and rooting at the nodes. · Species Range.
Cerastium fontanum. Pink family (Caryophyllaceae). Description: This herbaceous perennial plant is tufted at the base, producing multiple stems up to 1½' long ...
Cerastium fontanum is a perennial herb that is not native to California.
Cerastium fontanum is a ANNUAL/PERENNIAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft). See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 6. It is in flower from April to June.
Patch-forming perennial. Leaves Opposite, dark green, oval to spatula-shaped leaves with pointed tips and smooth margins are densely hairy and stalkless.
Stiff-hairy, glandular biennial or perennial, the stems sprawling but the flowering stems erect, 2-4 dm. tall.
Cerastium fontanum is a highly variable and complex species. It often has been reported as C. vulgatum Linnaeus, an ambiguous name.