OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sagina decumbens   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagina decumbens ssp. decumbens   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sagina decumbens ssp. decumbens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

Sagina decumbens ssp. decumbens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-10-001:

Sagina decumbens   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sagina decumbens

 

COMMON NAME:
Trailing Pearlwort, Eastern Pearlwort, Annual Pearlwort


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image of Sagina decumbens, Trailing Pearlwort, Eastern Pearlwort, Annual Pearlwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    wik_s_decumbens_bb_1913

        

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image of Sagina decumbens, Trailing Pearlwort, Eastern Pearlwort, Annual Pearlwort

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_s_decumbens1

April        


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image of Sagina decumbens, Trailing Pearlwort, Eastern Pearlwort, Annual Pearlwort

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_s_decumbens1b

April        

Leaves joined at the base, linear, to 1/2" long, bristle-tipped, smooth, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Sagina decumbens, Trailing Pearlwort, Eastern Pearlwort, Annual Pearlwort

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_s_decumbens2

April        

Its numerous basal branches are erect to spreading and about 3-4" tall, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Sagina decumbens, Trailing Pearlwort, Eastern Pearlwort, Annual Pearlwort

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_s_decumbens2b

April        

Though the petals are spreading, the open flower is barely 1/5" across, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sagina decumbens   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagina decumbens ssp. decumbens   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sagina decumbens ssp. decumbens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Sagina decumbens ssp. decumbens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-10-001:
Sagina decumbens   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sagina decumbens

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4299

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Disturbed ground, fields, cracks in pavement or sidewalks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
Margins entire

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Principally 5-merous
5 sepals
5 petals
3-10 stamens
Bisexual

Inflorescence a scorpioid cyme appearing racemose

FRUIT:
Capsule

 

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