- Shetland Mouse-ear
Taxobox
name = "Cerastium arcticum"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Caryophyllales
familia =Caryophyllaceae
genus = "Cerastium "
species = "C. nigrescens"
binomial = "Cerastium nigrescens"
binomial_authority =Shetland Mouse-ear "Cerastium nigrescens", also known as Shetland Mouse-eared Chickweed or Edmondston's Chickweed, is an endemic
plant found inShetland ,Great Britain .It was first recorded in 1837 by Shetland
botanist Thomas Edmondston , who was 12 at the time. For a long time it wassynonomised with Arctic Mouse-ear "Cerastium arcticum " but it is now widely regarded as a separate species. Although reported from two other sites in the 19th century, it currently grows only on twoserpentine hills on the island ofUnst .References
*Scott, W. & Palmer, R. 1987. "The Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Shetland Islands". Shetland Times, Lerwick.
*Scott, W. Harvey, P., Riddington, R. & Fisher, M. 2002. "Rare Plants of Shetland." Shetland Amenity Trust, Lerwick.
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