Cerastium arvense
Common names
field chickweed
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
Flower colours
White, Yellow
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Ecology
Year naturalised
1878
Origin
Europe
Other information
Etymology
cerastium: From the Greek keras ‘horn’, referring to the seed capsules of some species looking like horns are they emerge from the calyx.
arvense: Growing in arable fields
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
CERARV