Sagina

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Caryophyllaceae

• Scientific Name

  Sagina L.

• Description

  Genus Description - Fls solitary and terminal or axillary , or in terminal cymes; sep mostly 5 or 4; pet as many as the sep, white, entire or emarginate, or none; stamens as many as and opposite the sep, or twice as many; styles as many as and alternate with the sep; valves of the capsule opposite the sep; seeds numerous, minute; low, matted, delicate annuals or perennials with opposite, basally connate, narrow (often linear-subulate) lvs, lacking stipules. 15, mostly cold-temp. N. Hemisphere.

• Common Names

  pearlwort