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Cerastium alpinum

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Genome
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Internal ID UUID6440103fb6f44728645120
Scientific name Cerastium alpinum
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 438 (1753)

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Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Alsine alpina E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. , ed. 2, 5: 61 (1901)
Cerastium acutifolium Dufour Voy. Souterrain : 372 (1821)
Cerastium alpinum var. aquaticum Boiss. Voy. Bot. Espagne 1: 107 1840
Cerastium alpinum subsp. aquaticum (Boiss.) Mart.Parras & Molero Mesa Lagascalia 11: 133 (1983)
Cerastium alpinum subsp. babiogorense Zapał. Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 3: 90 1911
Cerastium alpinum var. glanduliferum W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 123 1835
Cerastium alpinum f. pulvinata Simmons Vasc. Pl. Ellesmereland 122. 1906
Cerastium alpinum var. sordidum Hultén Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 50: 456 1956
Cerastium alpinum var. vestitum Hultén Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 50: 453 1956
Cerastium atratum Lapeyr. Hist. Pl. Pyrénées : 265 (1813)
Cerastium bombycinum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 123 (1866)
Cerastium hirsutum Fisch. ex Ser. Prodr. 1: 419 (1824)
Cerastium laniferum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 123. 1866 [Apr-Jun 1866]
Cerastium lanuginosum Willd. ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. : 797 (1832)
Cerastium latifolium Edmonst. Phytologist i. (1843) 498.
Cerastium microphyllum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 123 (1866)
Cerastium rotundifolium Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 123 (1866)
Cerastium saxatile Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 16: 616 (1842)
Cerastium viscosissimum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 123 (1866)
Cerastium arvense var. alpinum (L.) Benth.

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Language Common/alternative name
English alpine chickweed
Spanish cerastium atratum
Spanish cerastium arvense var. alpinum
Spanish cerastium acutifolium
Spanish cerastium latifolium
Spanish cerastium viscosissimum
Spanish cerastium saxatile
Spanish cerastium microphyllum
Spanish cerastium laniferum
Spanish cerastium bombycinum
Spanish cerastium lanuginosum
Spanish cerastium rotundifolium
Spanish stellaria alpina
Spanish melosilla
Bulgarian алпийски рожец
Welsh clust-y-llygoden alpaidd
German alpen-hornkraut
Estonian mägi-kadakkaer
Finnish tunturihärkki
French céraiste des alpes
Upper Sorbian alpski bělenk
Icelandic músareyra
Italian peverina alpina
Japanese セラスチウム・アルピナム
Norwegian Bokmål fjellarve
Norwegian Nynorsk fjellarve
Polish rogownica alpejska
Swedish fjällarv
Ukrainian Роговик альпійський
Chinese 高山卷耳

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Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Cerastium alpinum var. lanatum (Lam.) Hegetschw. Reis. Glarus Graubünden 154 1825
Cerastium alpinum var. nevadense Pau Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 8: 116 1909

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Germination/Propagation Top

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Start at 20°C; if no germination occurs within 3 months, cool seeds to 4°C for 1-2 months, then return to 20°C.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Iceland
      • Norway
      • Svalbard
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Labrador
      • Newfoundland
      • Ontario
      • Québec
    • Subarctic America
      • Greenland
      • Northwest Territorie
      • Nunavut
    • Western Canada
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000595075
Canadensys 4253
USDA Plants CEAL12
Tropicos 6300312
INPN 89960
Flora of Italy 684
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:302288-2
The Plant List kew-2709871
Open Tree Of Life 1001424
Observations.org 116359
NCBI Taxonomy 271556
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003019
Nature Serve 2.144791
IPNI 302288-2
iNaturalist 144185
iNaturalist 234986
GBIF 3085450
Freebase /m/0520n84
EPPO CERAL
EOL 589306
Elurikkus 3574
USDA GRIN 446543
Wikipedia Cerastium_alpinum

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Genome Size in the Arenaria ciliata Species Complex (Caryophyllaceae), with Special Focus on Northern Europe and the Arctic Kozlowski G, Fragnière Y, Clément B, Gilg O, Sittler B, Lang J, Eidesen PB, Lang SI, Wasowicz P, Meade C Plants (Basel) 26-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10934573
doi:10.3390/plants13050635
PMID:38475481
Tracking Phenological Changes over 183 Years in Endemic Species of a Mediterranean Mountain (Sierra Nevada, SE Spain) Using Herbarium Specimens Rondinel-Mendoza KV, Lorite J, Marín-Rodulfo M, Cañadas EM Plants (Basel) 14-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10892450
doi:10.3390/plants13040522
PMID:38498521
Acclimation of subarctic vegetation to warming and increased cloudiness Ndah FA, Maljanen M, Kasurinen A, Rinnan R, Michelsen A, Kotilainen T, Kivimäenpää M Plant Environ Interact 28-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10840376
doi:10.1002/pei3.10130
PMID:38323130
Complete chloroplast genomes of Cerastium alpinum, C. arcticum and C. nigrescens: genome structures, comparative and phylogenetic analysis Milarska SE, Androsiuk P, Paukszto Ł, Jastrzębski JP, Maździarz M, Larson KW, Giełwanowska I Sci Rep 31-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10618263
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-46017-y
PMID:37907682
The High–Low Arctic boundary: How is it determined and where is it located? Ermokhina KA, Terskaia AI, Ivleva TY, Dudov SV, Zemlianskii VА, Telyatnikov MY, Khitun OV, Troeva EI, Koroleva NE, Abdulmanova SY Ecol Evol 28-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10539046
doi:10.1002/ece3.10545
PMID:37780086
Genetic variation of Cerastium alpinum L. from Babia Góra, a critically endangered species in Poland Milarska SE, Androsiuk P, Bednarek PT, Larson K, Giełwanowska I J Appl Genet 02-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9837003
doi:10.1007/s13353-022-00731-x
PMID:36322376
Parallel Differentiation and Plastic Adjustment of Leaf Anatomy in Alpine Arabidopsis arenosa Ecotypes Bertel C, Kaplenig D, Ralser M, Arc E, Kolář F, Wos G, Hülber K, Holzinger A, Kranner I, Neuner G Plants (Basel) 06-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9573220
doi:10.3390/plants11192626
PMID:36235492
Repeated colonization of alpine habitats by Arabidopsis arenosa viewed through freezing resistance and ice management strategies Kaplenig D, Bertel C, Arc E, Villscheider R, Ralser M, Kolář F, Wos G, Hülber K, Kranner I, Neuner G Plant Biol (Stuttg) 11-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9804731
doi:10.1111/plb.13454
PMID:35833328
Elevation and plant species identity jointly shape a diverse arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community in the High Arctic Rasmussen PU, Abrego N, Roslin T, Öpik M, Sepp S, Blanchet FG, Huotari T, Hugerth LW, Tack AJ New Phytol 15-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9796444
doi:10.1111/nph.18342
PMID:35751540
Large herbivores facilitate the persistence of rare taxa under tundra warming Post E, Pedersen C, Watts DA Sci Rep 25-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8789846
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-05388-4
PMID:35079094
Pulse grazing by reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) can increase the phylogenetic diversity of vascular plant communities in the Fennoscandian tundra Gibson K, Olofsson J, Mooers AØ, Monroe MJ Ecol Evol 07-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8571604
doi:10.1002/ece3.8131
PMID:34765128
The Evolutionary Genomics of Serpentine Adaptation Konečná V, Yant L, Kolář F Front Plant Sci 16-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7772150
doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.574616
PMID:33391295
Endozoochorous dispersal of forest seeds by carnivorous mammals in Sierra Fría, Aguascalientes, Mexico Rubalcava‐Castillo FA, Sosa‐Ramírez J, Luna‐Ruíz JJ, Valdivia‐Flores AG, Díaz‐Núñez V, Íñiguez‐Dávalos LI Ecol Evol 19-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7083659
doi:10.1002/ece3.6113
PMID:32211171
A multi-level test of the seed number/size trade-off in two Scandinavian communities Lázaro A, Larrinaga AR PLoS One 27-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6063417
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0201175
PMID:30052656
An efficient field and laboratory workflow for plant phylotranscriptomic projects Yang Y, Moore MJ, Brockington SF, Timoneda A, Feng T, Marx HE, Walker JF, Smith SA Appl Plant Sci 14-Mar-2017
PMCID:PMC5357122
doi:10.3732/apps.1600128
PMID:28337391

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
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Nonacosane 12409 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 408.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.19510340310

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