Cerastium gracile Dufour

Slender chickweed (en), Céraiste (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Cerastium

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite herb. It grows 0.05-0.15m high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.15
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 5 - 10
Germination temperacture (C°) 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Cerastium gracile world distribution map, present in Bulgaria, Algeria, Spain, France, Morocco, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:152282-1
WFO ID wfo-0000595615
COL ID SK99
BDTFX ID 73557
INPN ID 90022
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cerastium duriaei Cerastium holotrichum Cerastium bulgaricum Cerastium cavanillesianum Cerastium gayanum Cerastium gracile Cerastium lamottei Cerastium pseudobulgaricum Cerastium riaei Cerastium schmalhausenii Cerastium subechinulatum Cerastium velenovskyi Cerastium carpetanum Cerastium kebdanense Cerastium ramosissimum f. carpetanum Cerastium pumilum Cerastium gracile subsp. bulgaricum Cerastium gracile var. kebdanense Cerastium gracile subsp. ramosissimum Cerastium gracile subsp. velenovskyi Cerastium hirtellum subsp. subechinulatum Cerastium pentandrum subsp. gracile Cerastium pumilum subsp. subechinulatum Cerastium riaei subsp. brevicorollinum Cerastium riaei subsp. echinulatum Cerastium riaei subsp. subechinulatum Cerastium riaei var. microspermum Cerastium gracile subsp. ramosissimum Cerastium ramosissimum