Cerastium includes both annual species and perennial forms that grow in mats. The leaves are simple, and the plants produce white flowers with five petals arranged in a star shape.

Cerastium arvense subsp. strictum

Cerastium arvense var. villosissimum

Cerastium atrovirens

Cerastium azoricum

Cerastium banaticum

Cerastium biebersteinii

Cerastium boissierianum

Cerastium brachypetalum

Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. brachypetalum

Cerastium bulgaricum

Cerastium candidissimum

Cerastium candissimum

Cerastium carinthiacum

Cerastium cerastoides

Cerastium comatum

Cerastium dichotomum

Cerastium diffusum

Cerastium dinaricum

Cerastium dubium

Cerastium fontanum is a short-lived perennial that forms a dense mat close to the ground. It features opposite leaves that are hairy and curved. From April through November, this plant yields clusters of small white flowers, each with distinctly lobed petals.

Cerastium fontanum

Cerastium fontanum subsp. holosteoides

Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare

Cerastium furcatum

Cerastium gibraltaricum

Cerastium glomeratum

Cerastium glutinosum Fr.

Cerastium gracile

Cerastium grandiflorum

Cerastium illyricum

Cerastium latifolium

Cerastium ligusticum

Cerastium ligusticum subsp. ligusticum

Cerastium lineare

Cerastium morrisonense

Cerastium nigrescens var. laxum

Cerastium nigrescens var. nigrescens

Cerastium ovatum

Cerastium pedunculatum

Cerastium pumilum

Cerastium ramosissimum

Cerastium semidecandrum

Cerastium siculum

Cerastium sylvaticum

Cerastium theophrasti

Cerastium tomentosum is a robust perennial that grows up to 15 cm tall, forming a dense mat. Its narrow leaves are covered in fine white hairs, and during late spring and summer, it produces 2 cm wide white flowers featuring notched petals.

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