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[1]
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

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

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)