Cerastium tomentosum
Common name
snow-in-summer
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
White, Yellow
Year naturalised
1958
Origin
Itally and sicily
Etymology
cerastium: From the Greek keras ‘horn’, referring to the seed capsules of some species looking like horns are they emerge from the calyx.