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Cerastium tomentosum

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Cerastium tomentosum, commonly known as snow-in-summer, is a herbaceous flowering perennial plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to the alpine regions of central and southern Italy. It is a low, spreading plant with silvery grey stems and leaves covered in felty hairs, and its star shaped white flowers grow to about 15 millimeters across.

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