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	Cerastium fontanum  BAUMG.

Fam.: Caryophyllaceae / Campion Fam.

Genus:  Cerastium  L.

Authors:
	BAUMG.:		Johann Christian Gottlob Baumgarten (1765 - 1845), hungarian botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Cerastium:		keras = horn
	fontanum:		loving sources

Fig. 1:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear F Allevard 11.6.2006

Fig. 2:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear F Allevard 11.6.2006

Fig. 3:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear F Allevard 11.6.2006

Fig. 4:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear F Sermoyer 4.5.2023

Fig. 5:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear F Sermoyer 4.5.2023

Fig. 6:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear F Sermoyer 4.5.2023

Fig. 7:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear F Pyrenees, Canigou 24.7.2018

Fig. 8:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear F Pyrenees, Mont Louis 3.8.2018

Fig. 9:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear F Pyrenees, Mont Louis 3.8.2018

Fig. 10:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear F Pyrenees, Mont Louis 3.8.2018

Fig. 11:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear F Pyrenees, Mont Louis 3.8.2018

Fig. 12:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear E Picos de Europa, Covadonga 7.8.2012

Fig. 13:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear D Oberstdorf 22.6.2011

Fig. 14:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear D Berchtesgaden 20.6.2011

Fig. 15:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear D Berchtesgaden 20.6.2011

Fig. 16:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear A Osttirol, Matrei 14.5.2025

Fig. 17:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear A Osttirol, Matrei 14.5.2025

Fig. 18:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear A Osttirol, Matrei 14.5.2025

Fig. 19:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear A Osttirol, Matrei 14.5.2025

Fig. 20:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear A Dachstein 20.7.2010

Fig. 21:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear A Dachstein 20.7.2010

Fig. 22:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear A Dachstein 20.7.2010

Fig. 23:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear A Großglockner 30.6.2025

Fig. 24:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear A Großglockner 30.6.2025

Fig. 25:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear A Großglockner 30.6.2025

Fig. 26:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear A Carinthia, St. Paul im Lavanttal 16.5.2016

Fig. 27:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear A Carinthia, St. Paul im Lavanttal 16.5.2016

Fig. 28:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear A Carinthia, Koralpe 1.7.2022

Fig. 29:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear A Carinthia, Koralpe 1.7.2022

Fig. 30:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear A Carinthia, Koralpe 1.7.2022

Fig. 31:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear A Carinthia, Koralpe 1.7.2022

Fig. 32:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear I Alpi Bergamasche, Pizzo Arera 7.6.2017

Fig. 33:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear I Alpi Bergamasche, Pizzo Arera 7.6.2017

Fig. 34:  Cerastium fontanum / Common Mouse-Ear IRL Burren, Lisdoonvarna 15.6.2012

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