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Caryophyllaceae
Five-stamen mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium semidecandrum
Also known as Mouse-ear chickweed, Common mouse-ear, Cerastium, Cerastium semidecandrum f. majus
Native Plants · Groundcover · Wildflower · White Flowers · Rock Garden · Low-Growing · Annual · Mat-Forming · Sand · Chickweed · Native Meadow
Five-stamen mouse-ear chickweed is a delicate, low-growing annual that forms a fine mat of small white flowers, making it suitable for rock gardens and natural green spaces. It prefers well-drained sandy soils in partial shade and requires very little watering or maintenance once established. This plant is best suited for naturalistic or wildflower garden settings rather than formal landscapes.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly, allowing soil to dry somewhat between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 4 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flowers
- No
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Arkansas, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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