Cerastium semidecandrum, known as little mouse-ear in English, is an annual herbaceous plant in the flowering plant family Caryophyllaceae. It occurs in sandy, generally acid grassland and thin soils over bare rock. It is native to Europe, western Asia and north Africa and is widely established as an introduced species elsewhere.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Little Mouse-ear being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Cerastium pumilum
- Cerastium diffusum
- Cerastium subtetrandrum
- Cerastium holosteoides
- Cerastium fontanum
- Cerastium capense
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Cerastium
- Species
- Cerastium semidecandrum
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