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Cerastium glomeratum (Broad-leaved Mouse-Ear) |
Cerastium glomeratum (CARYOPHYLLACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Cerastium glomeratumThuillier
Published in Fl. Paris ed. 2, 226 (1799) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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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 |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
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):
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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] |
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