Cerastium brachypetalum Desp. ex Pers. is a plant in the Caryophyllaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Cerastium brachypetalum Desp. ex Pers.

Cerastium brachypetalum Desp. ex Pers.

Cerastium brachypetalum is a spring-blooming annual chickweed, native to Eurasia and north Africa, naturalized in North America.

Genus
Cerastium
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Cerastium brachypetalum Desp. ex Pers.

Cerastium brachypetalum Desp. ex Pers. is an annual spring-blooming plant species, commonly known by the common names gray chickweed, grey mouse-ear, and gray mouse-ear chickweed. Its native range covers Mediterranean and temperate Europe, northwestern Africa, the Caucasus, and Western Asia. It has been introduced to North America, where it is now naturalized. In the United Kingdom, the wild flower and plant charity Plantlife has named Cerastium brachypetalum as one of 101 species that are high priorities for conservation.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Caryophyllaceae Cerastium

More from Caryophyllaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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