Prepared by Jennifer L. D’Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Updated February 2018. Scientific name: Cerastium fontanum Baumg. ssp. vulgare (Hartm.) Greuter & Burdet; old C. vulgatum L. Common name(s): mouse-ear chickweed, mouse-eared chickweed, common mouse-ear chickweed, big chickweed, large mouseear, common mouse-ear Links: USDA PLANTS Profile, Go Botany Images: (to see enlargements