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Taxon

Cerastium tomentosum L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 440. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Cerastium tomentosum--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. No. 2 167.jpg

Cerastium tomentosum--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. No. 2 167.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cerastium tomentosum--AZ.  Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04.  165.jpg

Cerastium tomentosum--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 165.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cerastium tomentosum--AZ.  Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04.  166.jpg

Cerastium tomentosum--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 166.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Cerastium

Species

tomentosum

Taxonomic opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Distribution

Native to Italy, Sicilia; introduced into 41 botanical countries across Europe, Australasia, and Northern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

September 4, 2004

Location

United States, Arizona, Coconino (Arboretum at Flagstaff)

Location Remarks

West of Flagstaff on Route 66, then 3.8 miles south on Woody Mountain Road

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#259,162 of 335,497

Top 78%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →