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A chickweed plant (Cerastium quaternellum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Mouse-ear (Cerastium latifolium): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.

Chickweed (Cerastium ciliatum): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.

Sticky mouse-ear (Cerastium glomeratum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1800.

Mouse-ear (Cerastium tetrandrum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.

Mouse-ear (Cerastium alpinum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.

Little mouse-ear (Cerastium semidecandrum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1806.

Field mouse-ear (Cerastium arvense): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1793.

Chickweed plant (Cerastium glomeratum) with two associated wasps and their anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Seven flowering plants: all types of mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Chickweed (Cerastium perfoliatum): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

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Mouse-ear (Cerastium alpinum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.

Chickweed (Cerastium perfoliatum): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Mouse-ear (Cerastium latifolium): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.

Chickweed plant (Cerastium glomeratum) with two associated wasps and their anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Little mouse-ear (Cerastium semidecandrum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1806.