Sagina

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Sagina
Sagina procumbens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Caryophyllaceae Genus: Sagina L.
Species
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Sagina (pearlwort) 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, erect or prostrate, growing to 5–15 cm tall or broad. 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 five green sepals and five white petals; the petal size relative to the sepal size is useful in species identification. The fruit is a small capsule containing several seeds.^[1][2][3][4]

Species

Sagina abyssinica Sagina afroalpina Sagina apetala - Annual Pearlwort Sagina boydii - Boyd's Pearlwort Sagina brachysepala Sagina caespitosa Sagina decumbens - Trailing Pearlwort Sagina glabra Sagina japonica - Japanese Pearlwort Sagina maritima - Sea Pearlwort

Sagina maxima - Stickystem Pearlwort Sagina melitensis Sagina muscosa Sagina nivalis - Snow Pearlwort Sagina nodosa - Knotted Pearlwort Sagina pilifera Sagina procumbens - Procumbent Pearlwort Sagina sabuletorum Sagina saginoides - Alpine or Arctic Pearlwort Sagina subulata - Heath Pearlwort (syn. S. pilifera)

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