Cerastium subtriflorum
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Cerastium |
| Species: | C. subtriflorum |
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| Cerastium subtriflorum | |
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Cerastium subtriflorum, the Slovenian mouse-ear chickweed,[3] is a perennial plant species in the family Caryophyllaceae.[4] It is mostly restricted to the Slovenian and Italian Alps.[3]
German botanist Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach was the first to describe the species in 1841, although he listed it as a variety subtriflorum of taxon Cerastium lanuginosum. Later Reichenbach mentioned the species in his work Flora Germanica Exsiccata under the name C. latifolium subtriflorum Rchb. C. subtriflorum was recognized as a species by David Pacher in 1886. Austrian botanist Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau separated populations that grew in the valley of the river Soča and named them C. sonticum Beck. Later research done by other scientists did not recognize this taxon.[5]
Description
This hirsute and glandular perennial[5] species is a small and low growing plant that can reach up to 30 centimetres of height.[6] Its sessile leaves are elliptical to ovate-lanceolate (lowermost leaves are in some cases oblanceolate)[5] and are arranged opposite to each other.[6] The flowers are bright white[6] and arranged into inflorescences.[5] The plant flowers between June and August.[4][7] The fruit is a capsule.[5]
Its chromosome number is 2n = 36.[5]
