Cerastium alpinum

Cerastium alpinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Cerastium
Species:	C. alpinum
Binomial name
Cerastium alpinum L.

Cerastium alpinum, commonly called Alpine mouse-ear chickweed or Alpine chickweed is a species of mat forming perennial plant. It is native from Greenland, Canada and northern Europe^[1] It is grown as a rock garden subject for its many small white flowers and silver haired stems and foliage. There are three subspecies.

References

1. ^ http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250060035