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Regel's chickweed

Cerastium regelii

Also called Regel's Mouse Ear Chickweed

Regel's chickweed
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0

Regel's chickweed is a small, low-growing perennial subshrub from subarctic regions, valued as a hardy ground-cover for cold, open sites. It needs cool conditions, good drainage and full sun, and it is not a plant for warm or humid climates.

Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then let the top of the soil dry out between waterings; avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy soil with some organic matter.
Temperature
Hardy to well below freezing; prefers cool summers, roughly 5–18 °C, and struggles in heat.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Subarctic
Climate
temperate

About

Cerastium regelii, commonly known as Regel's chickweed, is a species of perennial flowering plant belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae.

Its native range is subarctic.

Other Cerastium plants

Aleutian chickweed · Alpine chickweed · Arctic Mouse Ear · Field chickweed · Boreal chickweed · Gray chickweed · Fourstamen chickweed · Common mouse-ear chickweed · Sticky chickweed · Common Mouse Ear · Cerastium ligusticum · Shetland Mouse Ear

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cerastium regelii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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