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	Cerastium holosteoides  FR.

Fam.: Caryophyllaceae / Campion Fam.

Synon.:  Cerastium fontanum  BAUMG.  subsp. vulgare  (HARTM.) GREUTER & BURDET,  Cerastium vulgatum  L.

Genus:  Cerastium  L.

Authors:
	FR.:		Elias Magnus Fries (1794 - 1878), Swedish mycologist and botanist
	BAUMG.:		Johann Christian Gottlob Baumgarten (1765 - 1845), hungarian botanist
	HARTM.:		Carl Johan Hartman (1790 - 1849), Swedish physician and botanist
	GREUTER:		Werner Rodolfo Greuter (1938 - ), Swiss botanist
	BURDET:		Hervé Maurice Burdet (1939 - ), Swiss botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Cerastium:		keras = horn
	holosteoides:		similar to Holosteum umbellatum
	fontanum:		loving sources
	vulgare:		common
	vulgatum:		widely distributed

Fig. 1:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear D Werbach 6.5.2006

Fig. 2:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear D Spessart, Steinau 6.5.2006

Fig. 3:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear D Spessart, Steinau 6.5.2006

Fig. 4:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear D Ketsch 21.5.2020

Fig. 5:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear D Ketsch 20.5.2021

Fig. 6:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear D Groß-Umstadt 30.5.2014

Fig. 7:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear D Groß-Umstadt 30.5.2014

Fig. 8:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear D Groß-Umstadt 30.5.2014

Fig. 9:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear D Erlenbach am Main 19.3.2022

Fig. 10:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear D Black-Forest, Feldberg 10.7.2016

Fig. 11:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear D Krumbach 8.5.2010

Fig. 12:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear D Krumbach 8.5.2010

Fig. 13:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear D Krumbach 8.5.2010

Fig. 14:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear (taken by the Psyllid Trioza cerastii L.) D Eschachthal 12.7.2021

Fig. 15:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear (taken by the Psyllid Trioza cerastii L.) D Eschachthal 12.7.2021

Fig. 16:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear (taken by the Psyllid Trioza cerastii L.) D Eschachthal 12.7.2021

Fig. 17:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear (marred) D Karlstadt 1.5.2007

Fig. 18:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear (marred) D Karlstadt 1.5.2007

Fig. 19:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear NL Zierikzee 12.8.2015

Fig. 20:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear NL Zierikzee 12.8.2015

Fig. 21:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear NL Zierikzee 9.8.2015

Fig. 22:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear NL Zierikzee 9.8.2015

Fig. 23:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear NL Zierikzee 9.8.2015

Fig. 24:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear NL Zierikzee 9.8.2015

Fig. 25:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear NL Zierikzee 9.8.2015

Fig. 26:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear S Bohus 7.8.2010

Fig. 27:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear S Bohus 7.8.2010

Fig. 28:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear S Bohus 7.8.2010

Fig. 29:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear E Zarautz 18.8.2011

Fig. 30:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear E Zarautz 18.8.2011

Fig. 31:  Cerastium holosteoides / Common Mouse-Ear E Zarautz 18.8.2011

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