| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium beeringianum Cham. & Schltdl. |
| Bibliography | Linnaea 1: 62 (1826) |
| Native Range | Temp. Asia, Subarctic America to w. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Altitude | 0-4000m |
| Description | densely glandular-pubescent, basal leaves oblong to spathulate, 10-15mm long, stem leaves similar, flowers solitary, 2cm across, petals deeply incides |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly 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. beeringianum (Cham. & Schltdl.) Regel Cerastium alpinum var. capillare (Fernald & Wiegand) B.Boivin Cerastium arvense var. capillare (Fernald & Wiegand) B.Boivin Cerastium beeringianum var. capillare Fernald & Wiegand Cerastium beeringianum ssp. earlei (Rydb.) Hultén Cerastium beeringianum var. glabratum Hultén Cerastium beeringianum var. grandiflorum (Fenzl) Hultén Cerastium buffumiae A.Nelson Cerastium earlei Rydb. Cerastium fischerianum var. beeringianum (Cham. & Schltdl.) Hultén Cerastium mutabile var. grandiflorum (Fenzl) Kozhevn. Cerastium pulchellum Rydb. Cerastium scammaniae Polunin Cerastium variabile Goodd. Cerastium vulgatum f. angustifolium Regel & Tiling Cerastium vulgatum var. beeringianum (Cham. & Schltdl.) Fenzl Cerastium vulgatum var. grandiflorum Fenzl Cerastium vulgatum f. vulgare Regel & Tiling |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |