| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium fischerianum Ser. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 1: 419 (1824) |
| Native Range | Russian Far East to Japan, Alaska to w. Canada |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | densely adpressed hirsute, lower leaves lanceolate, the other ovate, acute or obtuse, flowers 3-9 in compact, terminal cyme, bracts ovate, acute, petals emarginate |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cerastium alpinum var. fischerianum (Ser.) Torr. & A.Gray Cerastium boreale Takeda Cerastium boreale var. herbaceobracteatum Takeda Cerastium boreale var. scariosum Takeda Cerastium fischerianum var. angustilobum (Honda) Ohwi Cerastium fischerianum var. ciliatipetalum Vorosch. Cerastium fischerianum f. dentatum (Honda) Ohwi Cerastium fischerianum var. macrocarpum (Fenzl) Ohwi Cerastium fischerianum var. molle Ohwi Cerastium fischerianum f. molle (Ohwi) M.Mizush. Cerastium fischerianum f. robustum (F.N.Williams) Ohwi Cerastium fischerianum var. scariosum (Takeda) Ohwi Cerastium fischerianum f. schmidtianum (Takeda) Ohwi Cerastium orochonorum Tatew. Cerastium rigidulum Takeda Cerastium rishirense Miyabe & Tatew. Cerastium robustum F.N.Williams Cerastium schmidtianum Takeda Cerastium schmidtianum var. angustilobum Honda Cerastium schmidtianum var. dentatum Honda Cerastium tatewakii Miyabe Cerastium unalaschkense Takeda Cerastium vulgatum var. macrocarpum Fenzl |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) |