Colin Varndell / Sticky mouse-ear (Cerastium glomeratum) in flower, Dorset, England, UK, June

Colin Varndell / Common mouse-ear (Cerastium fontanum) in flower, Dorset, England, UK, June

Adrian Davies / Shetland mouse ear / Edmonston's chickweed(Cerastium nigrescens) Keen of Hamar, Unst, Shetland, Scotland, UK, June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Snow in summer / Mouse ear (Cerastium tomentosum) flowering, Mt Terminillo, Apennines, Lazio, Italy, grows at altitudes up to 2250m

Martin Gabriel / Field Mouse-ear (Cerastium arvense) in flower. Schoenhofen near Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, May

David Pike / Field Mouse-ear {Cerastium arvense} Bedford Purlieus, Cambridgeshire, UK

Bruno D'Amicis / Thomas chickweed (Cerastium thomasii) amongst rocks. Endemic species of the Central Apennines. Gran Sasso, Italy.

Nature Production / Mouse-ear Chickweed {Cerastium holosteoides var. hallaisanense} germinating under a fallen leaf in autumn, Japan

Philippe Clement / Alpine mouse ear flowering {Cerastium alpinum} Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy

Philippe Clement / Edmonton's chickweed {Cerastium nigrescens} Scotland, UK, endemic to Keen of Hamar, Sheltand Is

Tony Evans / Field mouse ear in flower by stone wall {Cerastium arvense} UK