| Source: | Marhold, K. (2011): Caryophyllaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported).
 
 
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                            | Name: | Cerastium diffusum Pers. | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | Syn. Pl. 1: 520. 1805 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Species | 
                          
                            | Status: | ACCEPTED | 
	
		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta
 Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
 Class - Magnoliopsida
 Superordo - Caryophyllanae
 Ordo - Caryophyllales
 Familia - Caryophyllaceae Juss.
 Genus - Cerastium L.
 
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                            | Synonyms: | Cerastium alsinoides Pers. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Cerastium tetrandrum Curtis | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Cerastium pentandrum subsp. tetrandrum (Gren.) Maire & Weiller | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Cerastium pumilum subsp. tetrandrum (Gren.) Arcang. | 
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                          	| Included taxa: | Cerastium diffusum Pers. subsp. diffusum | 
                          
                          	|  | Cerastium diffusum subsp. gussonei (Lojac.) P. D. Sell & Whitehead | 
                          
                          	|  | Cerastium diffusum subsp. subtetrandrum (Lange) P. D. Sell & Whitehead | 
						  
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		| Common names: | Céraiste à quatre étamines (French), Céraiste diffus (French), Cluas luchóinge mhara (Irish Gaelic), Clust Llygoden Pedwar-gwryw (Welsh), Firehannet Hønsetarm (Danish), fýrmenningshøsnagras (Faroese), kystarve (Norwegian), Scheve hoornbloem (Dutch), Sea Mouse-ear (English), stršeći rožac (Croat), västkustarv (Swedish), Viermänniges Hornkraut (German)[Credits] | 
	
		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | ● AE Ag Au Be Bl(I M) Br Co Ct Da Fa Ga(F) Ge Gr Hb(E) He Ho Hs(S) Hu It Li Lu Ma Md(M) No Po Rm Sa Si(S) Su Tu(A E) Uk(K) |