Cerastium arvense, SE: Fältarv, DE: Acker-Hornkraut,
NL: Akkerhoornbloem, UK: Field Mouse-Ear, Field chickweed, Starry Grasswort

Scientific name:		Cerastium arvense L.
Swedish name:		Fältarv
German name:		Acker-Hornkraut
Nederlandse naam:		Akkerhoornbloem
English name:		Field Mouse-Ear, Field chickweed, Starry Grasswort
Plant Family:		Caryophyllaceae, Nejlikväxter, pink family or carnation family

Location: Ragunda, Hammarstrand

Life form:		Perennial, clumped and taprooted, or mat-forming and long-creeping rhizomatous
Leaves:		Opposite, linear, lance-shaped, or oblong
Flowers:		Five white petals, each with two lobes, ten yellow stamens and five hairy green sepals at the base
Flowering Period:		May, June, July, August
Habitat:		Pastureland, meadows, farmland, settlements

Derivation of the botanical name: Cerastium, from Greek kerastis, kerastes, "horned", keras (κέρας) "a horn" (the capsules are horn shaped). arvensis, of cultivated fields; arvum, field, cultivated land, plowed land, and -ensis, a suffix for nouns: country or place of origin or habitat The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.