| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium maximum L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 439 (1753) |
| Native Range | Subarctic to Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | leaves 2-9cm, linear or linear-lanceolate, grey pubescent, margins revolute, flowers 1-7 in cyme, calyx lobes oblong, acuminate, petals 10-18mm long, oblong |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cerastium revolutum Meinsh. Dichodon maximum (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) |