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Pictorial guide to the flora of the British Isles
Cerastium cerastoides is a mat-forming Arctic–Alpine plant found on Scotland’s highest mountains; it has oblanceolate leaves and round, purplish stems adorned with a single line of hairs.
Ben Nevis (VC97: West Inverness); 2018-08-20 |
![starwort mouse-ear / Cerastium cerastoides: _Cerastium cerastoides_ is a mat-forming <a href="aa.html">Arctic–Alpine</a> plant found on Scotland’s highest mountains; it has oblanceolate leaves and round, purplish stems adorned with a single line of hairs.](img/832122.jpg) |
Cerastium cerastoides has 3 stigmas (not 5, as in most Cerastium species) and capsules that open by 6 (not 10) apical teeth.
Ben Nevis (VC97: West Inverness); 2018-08-20 |
![starwort mouse-ear / Cerastium cerastoides: _Cerastium cerastoides_ has 3 stigmas (not 5, as in most _Cerastium_ species) and capsules that open by 6 (not 10) apical teeth.](img/434195.jpg) |
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