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Sea pearlwort

Sagina maritima

Sea pearlwort
Photo: Hippolyte Coste, Public domain
Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Macaronesia, Europe to Medit.
Climate
temperate

About

Sagina maritima is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common name sea pearlwort. It is found throughout Europe, Southwest Asia, North Africa, the Canary Islands and the Azores.

Other Sagina plants

Annual pearlwort · Trailing pearlwort · Stickystem pearlwort · Knotted pearlwort · Sagina pilifera · Procumbent Pearlwort · Arctic pearlwort · Sagina stridii · Awl-leaf pearlwort · Pearlwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sagina maritima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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