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Common Mouse-ear

Cerastium holosteoides

1,337Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb19
Mar28
Apr100
May142
Jun231
Jul302
Aug243
Sep160
Oct57
Nov21
Dec1

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland409
2Herefordshire, County of England49
3Highland Scotland45
4Worcestershire England21
5Powys Wales18
6Cornwall England16
7Suffolk England10
8City of Edinburgh Scotland10
9Gloucestershire England9
10Cambridgeshire England8
11North Yorkshire England6
12Sandwell England5
13Dudley England5
14Cumbria England4
15Wirral England4
742 England569 Scotland21 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,337
Peak month
July
Counties with records
32
Scientific name
Cerastium holosteoides
Group
Flowering plants
Most recorded in
Argyll and Bute
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Cerastium
Name with authority
Cerastium holosteoides Fr.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157797 · GBIF 6364031