Cerastium alpinum

Cerastium alpinum

''Cerastium alpinum'', commonly called Alpine mouse-ear chickweed or Alpine chickweed is a species of mat forming perennial plant. It is native from Greenland, Canada and northern Europe It is grown as a rock garden subject for its many small white flowers and silver haired stems and foliage. There are three subspecies.
Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderCaryophyllales
FamilyCaryophyllaceae
GenusCerastium
SpeciesC. alpinum
Photographed in
Iceland