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PLANTS

Alpine chickweed

Cerastium alpinum

Plants
NativeHerbPerennial
Alpine chickweed, photo 1 of 5
Alpine chickweed, In flower
Alpine chickweed, In fruit

Perennial herbaceous plant. Grows in mountains and in conifers.

There are 183 observations of Alpine chickweed in Québec, mostly in Nord-du-Québec and Côte-Nord, and it has been reported in 2 of the 17 regions. They peak in July and August and become rare from September to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Nord-du-Québec171
  2. Côte-Nord12

Habitat

ConifersTaskoff
FieldsFélix Mathieu-Bégin
MountainAntoine Dervin
TundraMartin Tuchscherer

Similar species

Field chickweedCerastium arvense
Arctic Mouse-EarCerastium arcticum
Bering chickweedCerastium beeringianum
Longstalk starwortStellaria longipes
Common mouse-ear chickweedCerastium fontanum
Snow in summerCerastium tomentosum
Regel's chickweedCerastium regelii
Starwort Mouse-earDichodon cerastoides
greater stitchwortRabelera holostea
Saltmarsh starwortStellaria humifusa
Mountain cinquefoilSibbaldiopsis tridentata
Arctic willowSalix arctica