Cerastium semidecandrum L., 1753 33% complete

Five-stamen mouse-ear chickweed

Sp. Pl.: 438 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Cerastium semidecandrum, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced9 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded10 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 438 (1753) 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 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Five-stamen mouse-ear chickweed No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe, Medit. to C. Asia and Afghanistan No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 5 cm
  • 4.67 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 175, 178, 251, 270, 429, 500, 882, 897, 918, 926
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 4.67 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 175, 178, 251, 270, 429, 500, 882, 897, 918, 926
  • Superseded 4.67 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 175, 178, 251, 270, 429, 500, 882, 897, 918, 926
Differs from sources
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500, 882, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500, 882, 918
  • Superseded therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500, 882, 918
Sourced
Flower color white
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Foliage texture coarse
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Fruit shape capsule
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
Source not recorded
Maximum height 20 cm
  • 20 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 175, 178, 251, 270, 429, 500, 882, 897, 918, 926
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 20 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 175, 178, 251, 270, 429, 500, 882, 897, 918, 926
  • Superseded 20 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 175, 178, 251, 270, 429, 500, 882, 897, 918, 926
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months apr, may, jun
2 earlier or rejected values
Differs from sources
Duration annual, biennial
  • annual, biennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 24 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 175, 178, 882, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded annual, biennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 24 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 175, 178, 882, 918
  • Superseded annual, biennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 24 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 175, 178, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
  • Superseded 3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 9 / 9 · full sun
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 9 / 9 · full sun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
  • Superseded 9 / 9 · full sun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Soil nutriments empty
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
  • Superseded 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 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 · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Other
Propagation method —
2 earlier or rejected values
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