Cerastium Arvense (Noun)
Meaning
Densely tufted perennial chickweed of north temperate zone.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The forest meadow is teeming with dense tufts of cerastium arvense, attracting bees and other pollinators with its star-shaped flowers.
- A low-growing and compact ground cover, cerastium arvense forms attractive white or pink carpets that adorn alpine meadows and lawns.
- Cerastium arvense, which thrives in well-drained conditions, adds a soft romantic hue to floral designs with its tiny yet delicate flowers.
- Since cerastium arvense blooms from April through to July, offering successive peaks of striking clusters of white petals, hikers often use it as an indicator plant to determine the trail they are on.
- In efforts to attract wildlife, wildlife hobbyists plant cerastium arvense in clusters along hiking paths, as these areas require low-maintenance wildflowers with small blooms that thrive in poorly fertilized soils.