Cerastium alpinum, commonly called alpine mouse-ear[1] or alpine chickweed, is a mat-forming perennial plant.

The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.

It is native to Greenland, Canada and northern Europe.

[2] It is grown as a rock garden subject for its many small white flowers and silver haired stems and foliage.

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