Cerastium brachypetalum

Cerastium brachypetalum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Cerastium
Species:	C. brachypetalum
Binomial name
	Cerastium brachypetalum; Desp. ex Pers. (1805)
	10; see text
Synonyms
	Alsine brachypetala (Desp. ex Pers.) E.H.L.Krause (1901), nom. illeg.; Cerastium mutabile var. brachypetalum (Desp. ex Pers.) Spenn. (1829); Cerastium vulgatum var. brachypetalum (Desp. ex Pers.) Roth (1827);

Cerastium brachypetalum, commonly called gray chickweed, grey mouse-ear^[2] or gray mouse-ear chickweed, is a spring blooming annual plant species. It is native to Mediterranean and temperate Europe, northwestern Africa, the Caucasus, and Western Asia.^[1] It has been introduced and naturalized in North America.^[3]^[4]

Cerastium brachypetalum is one of 101 species deemed high priorities for conservation in the UK by the wild flower and plant charity Plantlife.^[5]

Subspecies

Ten subspecies are accepted.^[1]

Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. atheniense (Lonsing) P.D.Sell & Whitehead – Greece (Attica)
Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. balearicum Romo – Balearic Islands
Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. brachypetalum – France to central Europe, Scandinavia, southeastern Europe, and Morocco
Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. corcyrense (Möschl) P.D.Sell & Whitehead – northwestern Greece (Corfu)
Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. doerfleri (Halácsy ex Hayek) P.D.Sell & Whitehead – Crete
Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. iranicum Poursakhi, Assadi & F.Ghahrem. – Iran
Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. pindigenum (Lonsing) P.D.Sell & Whitehead – Albania and northern and central Greece
Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. roeseri (Boiss. & Heldr.) Nyman – Morocco and Algeria, Mediterranean Europe from Spain to Bulgaria, Turkey, and Cyprus
Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. tauricum (Spreng.) Murb. – Morocco, Mediterranean Europe, Crimea, Turkey, the Caucasus, and Western Asia
Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. tenoreanum (Ser.) Soó – France to Czechoslovakia, Greece, and Bulgaria

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Cerastium brachypetalum Desp. ex Pers". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
^ "Cerastium brachypetalum". 5. Flora of North America. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "USDA classification of Cerastium brachypetalum". United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
^ Plantlife website Archived 2010-01-27 at the Wayback Machine

Milne-Redhead E. "Cerastium brachypetalum Pers in Britain" The Naturalist July Sept 1947: 95–96

Horn Peter C. "Cerastium brachypetalum in decline in Bedfordshire" BSBI News 65 18:20 (1994)

Horn Peter C. "The Decline and Conservation of Cerastium brachypetalum in Bedfordshire" The Bedfordshire Naturalist 48: 102 (1994)

Palmer J.R. "Cerastium brachypetalum - Status in West Kent" BSBI News 65: 21-22 (1994)

Horn Peter C. "Cerastium brachypetalum in a Bedfordshire Railway Cutting" BSBI News 101 25-26 (2006)

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[powo-1] "Cerastium brachypetalum Desp. ex Pers". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 August 2024.

[BSBI07-2] BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

[3] "Cerastium brachypetalum". 5. Flora of North America. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[4] "USDA classification of Cerastium brachypetalum". United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 16 May 2017.

[5] Plantlife website Archived 2010-01-27 at the Wayback Machine

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