| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium latifolium L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 439 (1753) |
| Native Range | Mountains of Europe |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Description | glandular pubescent, leaves 12-30mm long, ovate to ovate-elliptic, acute, sessile, rigid, blue-green, flowers 1-3, sepals with wide scarious margins, petals 10-14mm long |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| 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 | Alsine latifolia (L.) E.H.L.Krause Cerastium alpinum var. latifolium (L.) Bolzon Cerastium alpinum ssp. latifolim (L.) Bonnier & Layens Cerastium biadegii (Chiov.) Cif. & Giacom. Cerastium flexuosum Hegetschw. Cerastium glacialie Gaudin ex Ser. Cerastium glutinosum Hegetschw. Cerastium latifolium ssp. biadegii Chiov. Cerastium latifolium var. elongatum Glaab Cerastium latifolium var. glabriusculum Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Cerastium latifolium var. glaucum Gaudin Cerastium latifolium var. intermedium Gaudin Cerastium latifolium var. legitimum Gaudin Cerastium latifolium var. subacaule (Hegetschw.) Gaudin Cerastium macranthum Schur Cerastium pyrenaicum J.Gay Cerastium subacaule Hegetschw. Cerastium wahlenbergii Rupr. Stellaria latifolia (L.) S.F.Gray |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, ROM Romania) |