Common name:
Sea mouse-ear
Family:
Scientific name:
Cerastium diffusum
Synonym:
Cerastium atrovirens
Main flower color:
Range:
Coastal areas all around the British Isles; also found inland
Height:
Up to 30 cm
Habitat:
Dry, sandy grassland, roadsides, pathways
Flowers:
Four (less often five) white petals, divided to about a third of their length, and four hairy green sepals, slightly shorter. Subtended by veined, leaf-like bracts which lack silvery margins. Flowers form in small numbers, at the top of the upwards-pointing stalks
Leaves:
Oblong, with a prominent midvein, covered with glandular hairs
Season:
April to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
