Native to 46 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, and Temperate Asia; introduced into Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Canary Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Connecticut, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Norway, Ontario, Peru, Québec, Sweden, Vermont, Wisconsin (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 2 countries.
Cerastium arvense
subsp. arvense
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Identified as
Cerastium arvense subsp. arvense
Location
France, Île-de-France (Paris, 5th arrondissement)
48.84458, 2.36086
Location Remarks
Place Valhubert, along Quai St-Bernard, 5th arrondissement
Collectors
Location
United States, Idaho, Idaho (McCall)
45.244, -115.588639
Location Remarks
1.9 km N of Warren Summit on FSR 340, at Mayflower Creek Bridge. Elev. 1904 m.
Collectors
Location
United States, Oregon, Wallowa (Imnaha)
45.579306, -116.960556
Location Remarks
The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. 0.6 km NE past Summer Camp barn on Trail Creek Rd. Elev. 1371 m.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, James F. Smith, Sharon R. Christoph, Clark Shafer
Notes
Intermountain steppe.
Location
United States, Idaho, Fremont (Island Park)
44.289333, -111.459389
Location Remarks
Intersection of Hwy 20 and Pinehaven Rd. ca. 16 km S of bridge in Island Park and 26 km N of Main St. in Ashton. Elev. 1868 m.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Broad montane meadow sloping gently east.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Cerastium
Specific Epithet
arvense
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#300,300 of 335,497
Top 90%
Extinction probability
6%