Cerastium tomentosum L., 1753 27% complete

Dusty-miller

Sp. Pl.: 440 (1753)


Data sources

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Sourced9 Source not recorded9 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 440 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Dusty-miller No source recorded
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Observations Italy (C. & S. Appennini), Corse, Sicilia No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 15 cm
  • 15 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 174, 178, 419, 500, 705
Sourced
Biological type chamaephyte
  • chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color white Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Maximum height 25 cm
  • 25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 174, 178, 419, 500, 705
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months may
1 earlier or rejected value
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 178, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous)
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light 8 / 9 · light Sourced
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Soil nutriments empty
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Soil salinity 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline)
  • 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record