Cerastium arvense
A species in the Caryophyllaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Cerastium
- Species
- Cerastium arvense
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Cerastium arvense. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
43 synonyms in this snapshot
- Alsine arvensisName author: (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Centunculus angustifoliusName author: Scop.
- Centunculus arvensisName author: (L.) Scop.
- Centunculus rigidusName author: Scop.
- Cerastium adscendensName author: Wender. ex Steud.
- Cerastium alpicolumName author: Brügger
- Cerastium alpinumName author: All.
- Cerastium ambiguumName author: Fisch. ex Ser.
- Cerastium angustifoliumName author: Vitman
- Cerastium arvense f. arvenseName author: Not supplied
- Cerastium arvense f. eglandulosumName author: Kuntze
- Cerastium arvense subsp. arvenseName author: Not supplied
- Cerastium arvense subsp. arvumName author: (Schur) Schinz & R.Keller
- Cerastium arvense var. arvenseName author: Not supplied
- Cerastium arvense var. eglandulosumName author: (Kuntze) Dostál
- Cerastium arvense var. parvifloraName author: Dusén
- Cerastium arvense var. strictumName author: (L.) Reiche
- Cerastium arvense var. taimyrenseName author: Tolm.
- Cerastium arvense var. tatraeName author: Borbás
- Cerastium brachycarpumName author: Schur
- Cerastium busambarenseName author: Lojac.
- Cerastium caespitosumName author: Kit. ex Rchb.
- Cerastium camphoratifoliumName author: Steud.
- Cerastium carnosulumName author: Turcz. ex Ledeb.
- Cerastium collinumName author: Salisb.
- Cerastium corsicumName author: Soleirol ex Nyman
- Cerastium fueguianumName author: Albov
- Cerastium grahamiiName author: Gillies ex Griseb.
- Cerastium grandiflorumName author: Gilib.
- Cerastium incanumName author: Ledeb.
- Cerastium insubricumName author: Moretti ex Rchb.
- Cerastium mendozinenseName author: Gillies ex Griseb.
- Cerastium mutabileName author: Gren.
- Cerastium poelianumName author: Brügger
- Cerastium polyphyllumName author: Steven ex Ledeb.
- Cerastium serpyllifoliumName author: Willd.
- Cerastium strictumName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Cerastium strictum subsp. tatraeName author: (Borbás) Májovský ex Dostál
- Cerastium tatraeName author: Borbás
- Cerastium uralenseName author: Grubov
- Leucodonium arvenseName author: (L.) Opiz
- Myosotis repensName author: Moench
- Stellaria arvensisName author: Gray
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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