Photographs: Co. Cork

Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum Cluas luchóige mhara Family: Caryophyllaceae Flowering time: April-October. Perennial. Native. Small white flowers with 5 cleft petals slightly longer than the sepals and 10 stamens. Erect flower stems. The reddish-green stems and leaves are densely hairy. Height: 10-30cm. Cerastium fontanum subsp. holosteoides is less hairy. Very common thoughout Ireland in most habitats. Similar: Sticky Mouse-ear, C. glomeratum. Common in arable fields. waste ground and dunes.

Common Mouse-ear, Cerastium fontanum, Cluas luchóige mhara