Cerastium holosteoides
| Cerastium holosteoides | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |  |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Self Pollinated | |
| Blooms: | Mid Spring-Early Fall |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Cerastium holosteoides (common name: common mouse-ear chickweed)
Propagation: Seed - we have no information on this species but suggest sowing the seed in spring in a cold frame. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out into their permanent positions in the summer.
Division in spring might be possible.
Cultivation: See the plants native habitat for ideas on its cultivation needs.
This species is closely related to C. fontanum, the common mouse-ear, and is seen as no more than a sub-species of that species by many botanists.
Range: A cosmopolitan plant, found n most regions of the world, including Britain.
Habitat: Mostly in wet places. Grassland, shingle, dunes, waysides, waste places and cultivated ground.
Edibility: Leaves and young shoots[1]. This report refers to the sub-species C. holosteoides glandulosum. Koch[1]..
Pollinators: Flies, self
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Also Known As: C. triviale. Link.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Read, Bernard. Famine Foods Listed in the Chiu Huang Pen Ts'ao. Taipei Southern Materials Centre, 1977.