Taxon: Cerastium fontanum Baumg. subsp. vulgare (Hartm.) Greuter & Burdet

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• Cerastium fontanum (no accessions)

Common names:

• mouse-ear chickweed   (Source: F Canada [as C. vulgatum]) – English
  
• céraiste commun   (Source: F NAmer [as C. fontanum]) – French
  
• Quellen-Hornkraut   (Source: Zander Ency [as C. fontanum]) – German
  
• hönsarv   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Weed   (fide Glea Cron ed2, as C. vulgatum; F USSR, as C. caespitosum)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Far East
  China: China
  Eastern Asia: Japan; Korea; Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India [n.]; Nepal; Pakistan
  Indo-China: Vietnam
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Macedonia; Montenegro; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Zaire
  Southern Africa: Lesotho; South Africa
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Malesia: Indonesia - Java; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Subarctic America: Greenland
  Canada
  United States
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
  South-Central Pacific: French Polynesia - Austral Islands; Pitcairn
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Hispaniola
  Northern South America: Venezuela - Merida
  Western South America: Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina; Chile

• exact native range obscure

References:

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98.
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezola.
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres.
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae.
• Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. [= C. holosteoides Fr.].
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. [= C. vulgatum].
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

Synonyms:

• (=) Cerastium caespitosum Gilib. ex Asch.
  
• (=) Cerastium fontanum subsp. triviale (Spenn.) Jalas
  
• (=) Cerastium holosteoides Fr.
  
• (=) Cerastium triviale Link
  
• (≡) Cerastium vulgare Hartm. (basionym)
  
• (=) Cerastium vulgatum auct.
  

Check other web resources for Cerastium fontanum Baumg. subsp. vulgare (Hartm.) Greuter & Burdet:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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