| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium lanatum Lam. |
| Bibliography | Encycl. 1: 680 (1785) |
| Native Range | Europe to nw. Siberia, Subarctic America, Canada |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | silvery lanate, leaves lanceolate-elliptic to obovate, obtuse, flowers usually solitary, shortly pedicellate, sepals green, narrowly elliptic, petals shallowly bifid |
| Size | 6-12cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cerastium alpinum var. lanatum (Lam.) Hegetschw. Cerastium alpinum f. lanatum (Lam.) Bolzon Cerastium alpinum ssp. lanatum (Lam.) Ces. Cerastium alpinum ssp. squalidum (Ramond) Hultén Cerastium alpinum var. squalidum (Ramond) E.Rico Cerastium mutabile var. lanatum (Lam.) Gren. Cerastium squalidum Ramond |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLT Baltic States, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (WSB West Siberia) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) |