Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sagina procumbens
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagina procumbens
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sagina procumbens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Sagina procumbens
COMMON NAME:
Northern Pearlwort, Bird's-eye Pearlwort, Perennial Pearlwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sapr_001_lvd
COMPARE
Juniperleaf (Polypremum) and Pearlwort (Sagina)
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sagina procumbens
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagina procumbens
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sagina procumbens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Sagina procumbens
4302
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed soils, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia, & possibly native to ne. North America
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Principally 4-merous, occasionally 4&5-merous
4(5) sepals
4(5) petals or petals absent
4(8) stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
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