Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare Calflora

Calflora, a 501c3 non-profit

Taxon Report

Cerastium fontanum Baumg. ssp. vulgare (Hartm.) Greuter & Burdet

Big chickweed, Common chickweed, Mouseear chickweed

2021 Jacob Smith

2003 Steve Matson

2020 David popp

2003 Steve Matson

Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare is a perennial herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search (286 records) Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Parent:	Cerastium fontanum
Genus:	Cerastium
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Habitat: meadows, disturbed

Communities: weed, characteristic of disturbed places

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Cerastium adsurgens
PLANTS	Cerastium fontanum ssp. holosteoides
JEF + PLANTS	Cerastium fontanum ssp. triviale
PLANTS	Cerastium holosteoides var. vulgare
PLANTS	Cerastium holosteoides
...

Information about Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (CEFOV2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
photos / record / common / links

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/28/2023).