Starwort Mouse-ear

Dichodon cerastoides, commonly known as the mountain chickweed or starwort mouse-ear, is a species of flowering plant in the pink family Caryophyllaceae. It is found in the mountains of Europe.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Starwort 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 beeringianum
• Cerastium regelii
• Cerastium morrisonense
• Cerastium polymorphum
• Cerastium alpinum
• Cerastium purpurascens

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Dichodon

Species

Dichodon cerastoides

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