Cerastium fontanum Baumg., 1816 37% complete

Common mouse-ear

Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 1: 425 (1816)

Data sources

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Sourced7 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded13 Not on the record9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Baumg. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 1: 425 (1816) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1816 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Common mouse-ear No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations N. Europe, Mts. of C. & SC. Europe, Morocco, Greenland No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 23 cm
  • 23 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 71 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 76, 86, 108, 115, 116, 174, 178, 203, 251, 335, 468, 519, 807, 897
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 23 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 71 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 76, 86, 108, 115, 116, 174, 178, 203, 251, 335, 468, 519, 807, 897
  • Superseded 23 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 71 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 76, 86, 108, 115, 116, 174, 178, 203, 251, 335, 468, 519, 807, 897
Sourced
Biological type chamaephyte
  • chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 175, 178, 500, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 175, 178, 500, 918
  • Superseded chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 175, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color white
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Foliage texture empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Fruit shape empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
Source not recorded
Maximum height 30 cm
  • 30 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 76, 86, 108, 115, 116, 174, 178, 203, 251, 335, 468, 519, 807, 897
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 30 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 76, 86, 108, 115, 116, 174, 178, 203, 251, 335, 468, 519, 807, 897
  • Superseded 30 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 76, 86, 108, 115, 116, 174, 178, 203, 251, 335, 468, 519, 807, 897
Sourced
Sexuality empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct
  • jan, apr, may, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 17 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 115, 174, 203
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded jan, apr, may, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 17 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 115, 174, 203
  • Superseded jan, apr, may, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 17 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 115, 174, 203
Differs from sources
Duration annual, perennial
  • annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 86, 110, 175, 178, 203, 460, 882, 918, 925
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 86, 110, 175, 178, 203, 460, 882, 918, 925
  • Superseded annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 86, 110, 175, 178, 203, 460, 882, 918, 925
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
  • Superseded 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
  • Superseded 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 37, 71, 89, 444, 445
  • Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 37, 71, 89, 444, 445
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 6.5 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ph minimum pH 5.5 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Soil nutriments 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
  • Superseded 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline)
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Differs from sources
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Other
Propagation method —
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded seed, vegetative · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174
  • Superseded seed, vegetative · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174
Not on the record
Shade tolerance —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Soil ph indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Temperature indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record