Species name :

Cerastium glomeratumThuillier
Published in Fl. Paris ed. 2, 226 (1799)

Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.)

Cerastium acutatum

Full list of synonyms : [Euro+Med] [PlantList] [IPNI] [POWO] [Catalogue of Life ]

Plant Family :

Caryophyllaceae Juss. (The Pink or Carnation Family)
39 species from the Caryophyllaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands.

English name(s) :

Broad-leaved Mouse-Ear, Sticky Mouse-Ear, Sticky Chickweed

Maltese name(s) :

Widen il-ġurdien idellek

Status for Malta :

Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man

Frequency :

Very Common     Common     Frequent     Scarce     Rare     Very rare     Extinct

Growth form :

Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon

Legal Protection [link]:

Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006)

Red List (1989) :

Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands

Flowering Time :

Dec-Apr

Colour of Flowers:

White

Habitat in Europe:

Dry, open habitats

Preferred habitat in Malta:

Data will be available in the next update of this website.

Botanical Description:

Annual up to 30(-45) cm; stem with eglandular and glandular hairs. Leaves 5-25 mm, the lower oblanceolate to obovate, the cauline ovate or ovate-elliptical, obtuse, hairy. Flowers in compact, cymose clusters; pedicels shorter than the sepals; bracts herbaceous. Sepals 4-5 mm, lanceolate, acute, with a narrow, scarious margin, with glandular hairs and eglandular hairs exceeding the apex; petals more or less equalling or shorter than the sepals (rarely absent), bifid for up to 1/4 their length; stamens 10; styles 5. Capsule 6-10 mm. Seeds 0.4-0.5 mm, pale brown, finely tuberculate.

Chromosome number:

2n=72

Distributional range:

Throughout Europe except the north-east

Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):

Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993):

All Europe except Finland, Russia and former USSR, Svalbard archipelago

Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) - Country codes

? Ab(A) AE(G) Ag Al Ar Au(A) Az Be Bl(I M N) Br Bu dCa(C F G H L P T) Co Cr Ct Cy Da ?Eg Es Fa Ga(F) Ge Gr Hb(E) He Ho Hs(A S) Hu IJ Is It Li LS Lt Lu Ma Md(D M P) Mk No Po Rm Sa Si(M S) Sk Sl Sn Su Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [Az(C F G J L M P S T) Fe]