Species

Cerastium arvense

Etymology

Cerastium: From the Greek keras 'horn', referring to the seed capsules of some species looking like horns are they emerge from the calyx.
arvense: Growing in arable fields

Common Name(s)

field chickweed

Authority

Cerastium arvense L.

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

CERARV

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

White,Yellow

Year Naturalised

1878

Origin

Europe

This page last updated on 26 Mar 2010