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Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare

Coromandel. Feb.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Coromandel.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

White

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Authority

Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare (Hartm.) Greuter et Burdet

Synonyms

Cerastium vulgatum L.

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.

fontanum: From the Latin fons ‘fountain, spring’, means growing near springs or damp places

NVS code

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