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Common Name: Common Mouse-Ear Chickweed

General Information

Cerastium holosteoides is a Annual/Perennial up to 0.25 metres tall.
It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

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.

Properties

Edibility Rating
Habit	Annual/Perennial
Height	0.25 m
Pollinators	Flies, Self
Self-fertile	Yes
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

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.

Edible Uses

Leaves and young shoots[]. This report refers to the sub-species C. holosteoides glandulosum. Koch.[].

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

None known

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.