PLANTS Profile for Cerastium diffusum (fourstamen chickweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Cerastium diffusum Pers.
fourstamen chickweed

Symbol:

CEDI7

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

Images:
Cerastium diffusum Pers.

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Synonyms:
Cerastium diffusum Pers.

CETE4

Cerastium tetrandrum W. Curtis

Distribution:
Cerastium diffusum Pers.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AR, IL, KY, MA, MO, MS, NE, TN)

Related Taxa:
Cerastium diffusum Pers.

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 28 species in Cerastium

Classification:
Cerastium diffusum Pers.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Cerastium L. – mouse-ear chickweed
Species	Cerastium diffusum Pers. – fourstamen chickweed

Introduced Information:
Cerastium diffusum Pers.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Cerastium diffusum Pers.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501363.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 05:01 PM CDT