| Sagina saginoides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Sagina |
| Species: | S. saginoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Sagina saginoides (L.) H.Karst. |
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Sagina saginoides is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name arctic pearlwort. It has a Circumboreal distribution; it can be found throughout the northern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. It grows in subalpine and alpine climates and other mountainous habitat at lower elevations. This is a small perennial herb producing a slender to threadlike stem just a few centimeters long, growing decumbent or erect. It is sometimes clumpy in form. The leaves are linear in shape and about 1 to 2 centimeters in length. The inflorescence is a solitary flower with five sepals and five small white petals.