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| name = ''Cerastium arcticum''<br />
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br />
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br />
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br />
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]<br />
| familia = [[Caryophyllaceae]]<br />
| genus = ''[[Cerastium]]''<br />
| species = '''''C. nigrescens'''''<br />
| binomial = ''Cerastium nigrescens''<br />
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'''Shetland Mouse-ear''' ''Cerastium nigrescens'', also known as '''Shetland Mouse-eared Chickweed''' or '''Edmondston's Chickweed''', is an [[endemism|endemic]] [[plant]] found in [[Shetland]], [[Great Britain]].<br />
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It was first recorded in 1837 by Shetland [[botanist]] [[Thomas Edmondston]], who was 12 at the time. For a long time it was [[synonomised]] with Arctic Mouse-ear ''[[Cerastium arcticum]]'' but it is now widely regarded as a separate species. Although reported from two other sites in the 19th century, it currently grows only on two [[serpentine]] hills on the island of [[Unst]]. <br />
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==References==<br />
*Scott, W. & Palmer, R. 1987. ''The Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Shetland Islands''. Shetland Times, Lerwick.<br />
*Scott, W. Harvey, P., Riddington, R. & Fisher, M. 2002. ''Rare Plants of Shetland.'' Shetland Amenity Trust, Lerwick.<br />
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[[Category:Caryophyllaceae]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Scotland]]<br />
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