Snow-in-summer - Cerastium tomentosum

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Alternative names
Dusty Miller
Description

Plants form a low, fast-spreading mat of silvery grey leaves. Leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate with margins rolled under. Flowers white, in lax clusters 15 to 25 mm, petals deeply notched.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Banks, rocky habitats and walls.

When to see it

Flowers in late spring and summer.

Life History

Perennial.

UK Status

Widespread in Britain.

VC55 Status

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 38 of the 617 tetrads.

In the current checklist (Jeeves, 2011) it is listed as Alien; scarce

  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote, Sapcote Road
    29 May 2022
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote, Sapcote Road
    29 May 2022
  • Graham Calow
    Main Street, Cosby
    16 May 2016
  • Graham Calow
    Old Chapel Walk, Claybrooke Magna
    02 June 2016
  • Graham Calow
    Old Chapel Walk, Claybrooke Magna
    02 June 2016
  • Graham Calow
    Wall of Carey Hill Quarry site, Stoney Stanton
    06 September 2016

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Common names
Snow-in-summer
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Caryophyllaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
17
First record:
16/05/2016 (Calow, Graham)
Last record:
11/05/2024 (Pugh, Dylan)

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  • Graham Calow
    Main Street, Cosby
    16 May 2016
  • Graham Calow
    The Nook, Cosby
    16 May 2016
  • Graham Calow
    The Nook, Cosby
    16 May 2016
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote Road, Stoney Stanton
    27 June 2016
  • Graham Calow
    Main Street, Cosby
    16 May 2016
  • Graham Calow
    Wall of Carey Hill Quarry site, Stoney Stanton
    06 September 2016
  • Graham Calow
    Old Chapel Walk, Claybrooke Magna
    02 June 2016