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Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare

(Hartm.) Greuter & Burdet (1982)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Caryophyllaceae Genus: Cerastium

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form:

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves:

Flowers:

Fruit:

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Molokai Naturalized
Lana'i Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Willdenowia 12: 37 (1982)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:503 (K, O, Mo, L, M, H [as C. fontanum subsp. triviale]); Weakley & Southeastern Flora Team 2022:295 (Syn. C. f. subsp. triviale = C. f. subsp. vulgare); Faccenda, Arthur, et al. 2025:166 (remove O [re-IDed as C. glomeratum])

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
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