Mouse-ear Chickweed

Cerastium (Mouse-ear chickweed) is a genus of plant belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae .

Cerastium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora chalcogrammella (which feeds exclusively on Cerastium arvense ) and Coleophora striatipennella (which has been recorded on Cerastium fontanum ).