pearlworts
Sagina
Sagina (like Colobanthus called "pearlworts") is a genus of 20–30 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. These are flowering herbs native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere extending south to tropical mountain areas at high altitudes, reaching just south of the equator in Africa. They are small annual or perennial herbaceous plants, growing to 5–15 cm. The leaves are opposite, often in tight whorl-like clusters, simple linear, typically 5–20 mm long. The flowers are solitary or in small cymes, with four or five green sepals and an equal number of white petals; the petal size relative to the sepal size is useful in species identification. The fruit is a small capsule containing several seeds.
38 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Procumbent Pearlwort
speciesSagina procumbens
Sagina apetala
complexSagina apetala
Knotted Pearlwort
speciesSagina nodosa
Japanese Pearlwort
speciesSagina japonica
Alpine Pearlwort
speciesSagina saginoides
Sticky-stem Pearlwort
speciesSagina maxima
trailing pearlwort
speciesSagina decumbens
Heath Pearlwort
speciesSagina subulata
Sea Pearlwort
speciesSagina maritima
Sagina merinoi
speciesSagina merinoi
Snow Pearlwort
speciesSagina nivalis
Corsian Pearlwort
speciesSagina pilifera
Sagina glabra
speciesSagina glabra
Sagina revelierei
speciesSagina revelierei
Tufted Pearlwort
speciesSagina caespitosa
Sagina namadgi
speciesSagina namadgi
Sagina afroalpina
speciesSagina afroalpina
Sagina sabuletorum
speciesSagina sabuletorum
Sagina hookeri
speciesSagina hookeri
Sagina abyssinica
speciesSagina abyssinica
Sagina papuana
speciesSagina papuana
Sagina humifusa
speciesSagina humifusa
Sagina belonophylla
speciesSagina belonophylla
Sagina brachysepala
speciesSagina brachysepala
Sagina chilensis
speciesSagina chilensis
Sagina diemensis
speciesSagina diemensis
Sagina donatioides
speciesSagina donatioides
Sagina × micrantha
hybridSagina × micrantha
Sagina monticola
speciesSagina monticola
Sagina purii
speciesSagina purii
Sagina quinquevalvis
speciesSagina quinquevalvis
Sagina rupestris
speciesSagina rupestris
Sagina stridii
speciesSagina stridii
Sagina diffusa
speciesSagina diffusa
Sagina hawaiensis
speciesSagina hawaiensis
Sagina oxysepala
speciesSagina oxysepala
Sagina × media
hybridSagina × media
Sagina libanotica
speciesSagina libanotica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55677.