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Common mouse-ear chickweed

Cerastium fontanum

Plants
IntroducedHerbBiennial · Perennialavril to novembre
Common mouse-ear chickweed, photo 1 of 5
Common mouse-ear chickweed, In flower
Common mouse-ear chickweed, In fruit

Biennial herbaceous plant. Introduced to Québec. Grows in fields and in forests. Flowers from April to November.

There are 54 observations of Common mouse-ear chickweed in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Montréal and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 11 of the 17 regions. They peak in May and June and become rare from October to March.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie11
  2. Montréal11
  3. Capitale-Nationale8
  4. Estrie6
  5. Outaouais5
  6. Chaudière-Appalaches3
  7. Abitibi-Témiscamingue3
  8. Lanaudière2
  9. Laurentides2
  10. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean2
  11. Côte-Nord1

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
FieldsFélix Mathieu-Bégin
Towns and gardensAlain Rouiller

Similar species

Big chickweedCerastium holosteoides
TOXIC
Common chickweedStellaria media
Field chickweedCerastium arvense
greater stitchwortRabelera holostea
Spring drabaDraba verna
Grass-leaf starwortStellaria graminea
Nodding mouse-ear chickweedCerastium nutans
Giant chickweedStellaria aquatica
Thymeleaf sandwortArenaria serpyllifolia
Bering chickweedCerastium beeringianum
Alpine chickweedCerastium alpinum
Bog chickweedStellaria alsine