Shetland Mouse-ear

Shetland Mouse-ear

Taxobox
name = "Cerastium arcticum"
regnum = Plantae
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 in Shetland, Great Britain.

It was first recorded in 1837 by Shetland botanist Thomas Edmondston, who was 12 at the time. For a long time it was synonomised 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 two serpentine hills on the island of Unst.

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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