Taxon: Cerastium tomentosum L.

Common names:

• dusty-miller   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• snow-in-harvest   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• snow-in-summer   (Source: Dict Gard [as C. tomentosum Group]) – English
  
• snow-on-the-mountain   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• céraiste tomenteux   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  
• filziges Hornkraut   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• silverarv   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
  

Distributional range:

• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Italy [incl. Sicily]

• AUSTRALASIA
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia, Manitoba
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Maine, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Nebraska, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - North Carolina

• also cultivated

References:

• 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.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Hegi, G. et al. 1979. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966- 3.2:171.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
• Stewart, R. 1972. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of West Pakistan and Kashmir.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Welsh, S. L. & G. Moore. 1973. Utah Plants. [cultivated].
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cerastium tomentosum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cerastium tomentosum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cerastium tomentosum.

Check other web resources for Cerastium tomentosum L.:

• 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
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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