Cerastium tomentosum

Cerastium tomentosum (snow-in-summer) is an herbaceous flowering plant and a member of the family Caryophyllaceae.

[1] It is an evergreen, creeping off-shoot, perennial, herbaceous plant that reaches heights of growth of 15 to 30 (rarely to 45) centimeters.

The leaves are up to 30 millimetres long and linear to lanceolate, which are covered with silky, silvery, frizzy and entangled hairs, forming like whitish felting.

It is a horticultural plant, perennial, rocky, forming dense silver carpets.

This plant is not very demanding: it likes a poor soil, rich in gravel, well drained, in a sunny place.

Flower close-up